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When creating, I continue to ask myself how my materials support the ideas I'm thinking about, and this often leads to new discoveries and questions. The pandemic has led me in new directions, trying to make sense of experiences and figure out what the value in making art is, and how I can express what this year has felt like to me as an artist.
My desire to convey my experiences from this year lead me to approach this work through the lens of a camera. To create these photographs, I documented personal installations of text and adhesive tape within areas of transition in my own home. Through the photo series, I sought to explore my desire for connection and community, as well as the feelings of anxiety brought on by the pandemic. For some photographs, I used tape as a filter, as well as using it as a substrate on which to document my experience. My photos are about exposure, touch, sensitivity, flawed barriers and protection, repair, and a desire to be close with others, despite it all. |
Like being that close would be enough. digital photo, 2021.
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What we talked and didn't talk about. digital photo, 2021.
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