The day opened perfectly. It was the dead of summer.
At 12 o’clock the weather changed; a dense and black fog suddenly set in, completely enveloping the towering office building. There was uproarious thunder for a brief moment and a brilliant flash of unearthly chartreuse. Some were have said to see it explode in the Eastern sky. Others reported orange ash falling from the great building. It was one of those moments when everything changed. Directly after the explosion a heavy rain began. Then the rain ceased. Silent lightening storms lasted for days after the event.
There was now a before and an after.
Before and After is a surreal installation project space that examines a fallen meteorite and its aftermath. This work explores the fallacy intrinsic to developing scientific theories, contamination, germination, loss, time, and the absurd. Starting with the specific moment of change, the instant the meteor drops from the sky, the work will evolve throughout the course of the exhibition as the artist redefines the space in reaction to the psychological charge within. By allowing the piece to germinate over time, a method of organizing both the emotional and physical fallout resulting from a disaster are worked through. The viewer’s presence completes the developing installation as they are invited to share in the evolution of meaning cultivated through a process of simultaneous destruction and reformation.
This project originated from the artist’s reflection on a very strange time of deep personal loss. The activities occurring in this space are concerned with trying to locate feeling that has no one definite shape. Attention is placed upon how individuals deal with events so transformative one can barely stand to realize the extent to which they are being changed by these experiences. It explores how approaches, often faulty, are developed to pursue order when lost in emotional chaos.
In this search, notions of change and time are addressed. Time is posed as merely a theory that exists only in relation to something being there or not being, changing or remaining the same. In this view, objects and their arrangement hold a transportive aspect, becoming a connector to unconscious sympathies and energies that tap into a greater subconscious memory.
At 12 o’clock the weather changed; a dense and black fog suddenly set in, completely enveloping the towering office building. There was uproarious thunder for a brief moment and a brilliant flash of unearthly chartreuse. Some were have said to see it explode in the Eastern sky. Others reported orange ash falling from the great building. It was one of those moments when everything changed. Directly after the explosion a heavy rain began. Then the rain ceased. Silent lightening storms lasted for days after the event.
There was now a before and an after.
Before and After is a surreal installation project space that examines a fallen meteorite and its aftermath. This work explores the fallacy intrinsic to developing scientific theories, contamination, germination, loss, time, and the absurd. Starting with the specific moment of change, the instant the meteor drops from the sky, the work will evolve throughout the course of the exhibition as the artist redefines the space in reaction to the psychological charge within. By allowing the piece to germinate over time, a method of organizing both the emotional and physical fallout resulting from a disaster are worked through. The viewer’s presence completes the developing installation as they are invited to share in the evolution of meaning cultivated through a process of simultaneous destruction and reformation.
This project originated from the artist’s reflection on a very strange time of deep personal loss. The activities occurring in this space are concerned with trying to locate feeling that has no one definite shape. Attention is placed upon how individuals deal with events so transformative one can barely stand to realize the extent to which they are being changed by these experiences. It explores how approaches, often faulty, are developed to pursue order when lost in emotional chaos.
In this search, notions of change and time are addressed. Time is posed as merely a theory that exists only in relation to something being there or not being, changing or remaining the same. In this view, objects and their arrangement hold a transportive aspect, becoming a connector to unconscious sympathies and energies that tap into a greater subconscious memory.