BFA THESIS/A PORTRAIT OF TIME

Over the past seven months, I have been traveling across central and northern Indiana, scouting and documenting moments; often natural activities that carry a distinct stillness. The footage itself is geographically bound, offering a fresh lens through reinterpretation of what may otherwise be familiar terrain. My work explores the idea of time, specifically of the self.
These moments of time are reimagined, to create passage from the past to the present. By manipulating light, space, and perspective, through a series of related installations, I’ve constructed an encounter that invites the senses. Still footage is then projected onto various glass sculptures in conjunction with found objects. As a result a relationship is developed between the object, the video, the space, and the viewer. These installations aim to deepen the connection with the viewer by enveloping them in the experience.
This reflection thus becomes a linear romanticism of my life, particularly archived via the landscape. This range in complexity of creation and curation, results in the expansion of the narrative through experience. The compositions trace the arc of a journey—beginning, middle, and end—revealing nature to be just as dreadful as calming, as mundane as frightening, as easy to let go of, as it is to hold onto.
This work aims to provide an opportunity to reflect on daily life. The artificial environment plays on the construct of time while also addressing the artificial lives we as a species have become so accustomed to. Short form, easily digestible, curated content takes control over our conscious lives which is reflected in the individual moments as they continue to transition to the next. The merging of these concepts might allow one to consider the value of what has been missed, or perhaps, what follows.