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Transmutation, installation view, m/m with Plexi carving, chain, glass, silver leaf, enamel, 24x24x108 inches. Image: Daniel Portnoy
thoughts and concepts that clarify this direction even more: “We are all waves from the same sea...” and “Mono no aware” for example.
Baby Puff Cloud (in front of The Empire is Falling), polypropylene, Plexi globe, LED bulb, base. 11x11x10 inches. Image: The Artist
CH: How do you select your materials? Materials are often personal artifacts from home or around the studio. Most works have mini stories built into the material they’re made of. I select this or that according what I believe I can manipulate successfully into the piece I’m working on. In “Infinite Ocean (Ifitry)” I had a visual design in my head. I had worked hours sewing on it, cutting, gluing, and painting. But it was looking awful, so I went back and tore it all off. I found new materials and redid it again, several times, before I achieved what I thought was possibly good. It’s trial and error.
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ASJ: As you mentioned earlier “A Stick, A Stone, A Tree” and “Every Other Breath” - ‘stack unlike topographies’. I do tend to stack layers of influences. In fact, I use this concept of layering to be able to express a complex maximalist attitude, employing information from multiple imagery cues and the varied sources that supply them.
CH: Is there a sound component to the exhibition? If so, can you describe it for those of us who will not be able to visit in person? Yes, there is. I have a video component running on an iPad and hung adjacent to two other works. The installation is called “The Calling Wall”. In the video “The Calling” sound is the principal element. In sequence, we see, and hear, the rhythmic
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