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100 TEARS - An artwork that addresses the value of human vulnerability, our interconnectedness and participation to bring forth change. The 100 Tears artwork originates from the desire to acknowledge, find value in and accept the painful experiences of life. As we approached the beginning of the 21st century, I needed to explore a new medium of expression that would expand my own participation in the new millennium and this time of seemingly accelerated change. The transparent quality of glass, used in Part 1, references the fragile interior experience, the vulnerable. The use of bronze in Part 2 references the gravity of hardened realities. The use of silver in Part 3 references reflection and change, the potential for transformation. Accompanying each tear series is a video projection of the text that relates to the material and concept. Part 1 mimics a slow breeze to simulate the sensation of memory. The movement of the ocean tide is used to suggest cleansing in Part 2 and is recorded in real time. In Part 3, a complete daily cycle of the sun is captured in time lapse to suggest the ethereal. Each series of tears begins with a specific content that is preserved in the video. Each set of tears is then transformed in meaning and altered physically by interacting with natural elements. The processes is a installation/performance/ceremony that embraces historic beliefs and practices. View research 100 TEARS, PART 1 One hundred handblown glass tears sit on the floor. Each tear is 7" to 8" in size and contains a parchment strip on which a sentence is handwritten. Each statement references an event, an act, a memory which moved me deeply while living in the culmination of the twentieth century. An accompanying video, viewed as a projection, shows each tear's statement handwritten on a parchment page, each page turning slowly as if pushed by wind, while one statement grows faint beneath another. click here to read statements click here for video clip In the fall of 2002, in the desert at Valley of the Gods, the tears underwent a transformation of content where each handwritten strip was removed. By taking the personal declarations out of each tear the icon is left to represent the human condition of pain as opposed to specifics. In fall of 2003 the glass tears were buried in New Mexico desert for physical alteration and remain there today. View research 100 TEARS, PART 2 Beginning in 2005 |
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