I often don’t fully understand what I am doing. I have very precise ideas and references that I am pursuing, but how they all fit in the conversation of the finished work is outside of my hands. I believe this level of uncertainty in the final product makes them enjoyable to produce and interesting to process. I can reflect on them for years still trying to figure them out surrendering ownership of meaning.I was interested in the idea of ‘a hero’. I didn’t, and still don’t know what that is exactly. I began by acting out the preformative gesture with a bow and arrow in a field outside of Vancouver. I stood in a field on a fur pelt and shot a bow and arrow directly up (actually at an angle against the wind) until I was able to have the arrow return directly to the spot I was standing and strike the pelt. This is possible by keeping your eye on the arrow for the entirety of its accent and decent, calibrating and trying again until the projectile has returned to its point of departure (the pelt) and I step aside. If you lose track of the arrow against the clouded sky it is best just to run.
The resulting body of work were sculptural interpretations of this act. Each element of the work was an object directly involved, manipulated in a way that made sense to me. The pants and jacket that I wore: cleft through the layers as it hangs. The arrow I shot: punctured through a framed stretch of fur. The pelt on which I stood hangs on you framed pictures facing the wall. There is also a brief description and photo documentation of the whole arrow-shooting process.
I feel like the things themselves create meaning, I am just a custodian of these things, one who spells earnestly and poorly. All these objects are interpretations of an act I am trying to understand myself.
I feel like the things themselves create meaning, I am just a custodian of these things, one who spells earnestly and poorly. All these objects are interpretations of an act I am trying to understand myself.
I was interested in the idea of ‘Hero’. I didn’t, and still don’t know what that is exactly. I began by acting out the preformative gesture with a bow and arrow in a field outside of Vancouver. I stood in a field on a fur pelt and shot a bow and arrow directly up (actually at an angle against the wind) until I was able to have the arrow return directly to the spot I was standing and strike the pelt. This is possible by keeping your eye on the arrow for the entirety of its accent and decent, calibrating and trying again until the projectile has returned to its point of departure (the pelt) and step aside. If you lose track of the arrow against the clouded sky it is best just to run. The resulting body of work were sculptural interpretations of this act. (More)
I was thinking a lot about power and methodology. I was reading a lot of Michelle Foucault and essays explaining Michelle Foucault, and listening to a lot of Wu-Tang Clan. I was thinking about how Foucault explains ‘Power’ (which is complicated) and how Wu-Tang explains power (Cash Rules Everything Around Me C.R.E.A.M get the money dolla dolla bill yall). I wanted to make a situation where I could include different methodologies of people explaining a thing to me. I chose the twin topics of ‘Truth’ and ‘Power’, which are about the heaviest and mercurial topics I can think of. (MORE)
CAPITAL, BY VIRTUE OF BEING OF VALUE HAS ACQUIRED THE OCCULT ABILITY TO ADD VALUE TO ITSELF/ CASH RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME.
THE TRUE ARTIST HELPS THE WORLD BY REVEALING MYSTIC TRUTHS/ THE CONSPIRACY THEORIST HELPS THE WORLD BY DEFEATING NIHILISMS
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The object is a book bound on both sides. Its content cannot be accessed without destruction of the medium.
I want to sit quietly amongst the ranks of great folks. In some libraries I do. I believe in the aesthetics of authority. So do you.
I want to sit quietly amongst the ranks of great folks. In some libraries I do. I believe in the aesthetics of authority. So do you.
