Line (7:14) explores notions of labor and mark-making. It is an inquiry into the struggle for permanence. As the subject laboriously navigates across the frame they leave behind a trail of coal. The body is abstracted as it becomes the site of toil and a landscape the viewer must traverse.
The subject’s goal –what they are moving towards– is never elucidated. Perhaps the motivation for their struggle is solely to leave a remnant of their movement. If a line serves to map an action, how does the viewer’s perception change when the record of that action is available but the line is not?
Special thanks to Christopher Chung, Benjamin Katz and Laurie P.
My work is included in the Pro Arts Juried Annual at the Oakland Art Gallery this winter. Stop by.
Pro Arts presents the Juried Annual, an exhibition of its member artists that showcases new and emerging talent. This annual international juried exhibition is curated by Sherman Sam, London.
November 24, 2009 – January 15, 2010
Artists’ Reception: Thursday, continue
I am participating in Syzygy at The LAB Gallery in San Francisco. It is an excellent show, I hope you can stop by.
The Fourth Annual Juried Show
Jurors: David Cunningham and Misako Inaoka
Featuring: Rand Colosky, Eric Larson, Liesa Lietzke, Hye Yeon Nam, Dominic Nguyen, Flynn O’Brien, Benji Rowan, Gretchen Till, Jessica Westbrook, and Alan Disparte & continue
Infinite:Finite is a print on paper that deals with perception and division. The faint landscapes beg the question of the very existence of form. Infinite:Finite is an exploration of perspectival space– a forced divide between viewer and the tangible image. It inquires of the significance of action when social, economic, and cultural concerns can be continue
Gun is the reduction of an action to the human hand –a search for reality. It is an exercise in futility and a map of the accumulation of debris over time. The absurdity of throwing ash acts as a metaphor for man’s obsession with the unattainable, offering a glimpse at base human nature. The aggression continue
A Walk Through
Five artists explore urban remnants and forgotten space
I am participating in a show at the Worth Ryder Gallery at UC Berkeley (116 Kroeber Hall) from July 14th–27th, 2009.
The OPENING RECEPTION is on Friday, July 17th, from 7–10pm.
This is my response to the theme of the show:
A Walk Through is an investigation into continue
I was awarded the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Fellowship 2009 by the Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive. Thank you Anne, Brody and BAM/PFA.
The image is captured from a video David Whitaker and I are working on titled gun.
