Seattle, WA
This piece helps to describe what it is like to experience both love and loss - something I myself have been struggling to make sense of. I believe the intention of the work to be more significant than the work itself. This stems from the segmentation that often happens between the ideation and the actual manifestation that lies at the center of my art making process. It can be noted that it is this intention of ideas or emotions that helps to transcend the materiality of the object, but this may also lead it to be lost in translation. The ideation plays a significant role, as the meaning of the work is not necessarily found within the object's execution, but within my constant translation between intention and material. In this way the work helps me to communicate the connection felt between others and myself. The intention to connect is magnified by the sharing of breath and my own attempts at understanding the temporality of life and the fragile nature of the human condition.
Catching My Breath, 2017, steel, blown glass, 8' x 10' x 4'
