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100 TEARS - An artwork that addresses human vulnerability, our interconnectedness, and transcendence. The 100 Tears artwork originates from the desire to acknowledge, find value in and accept the painful experiences of life. 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. CONPONENTS Accompanying each tear series is a video projection, that preserves the textual content, and 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 set of tears is then transformed in meaning and altered physically by interacting with natural elements. Each part includes a handmade custom book. 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 "100 hundred things that made me cry" Video projection for the installation:
100 TEARS :: Part 1 from Lee Tracy on Vimeo. 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 were retrieved 5 years later, 2008. 100 TEARS, PART 2 100 disturbing traits of humanity are carved into heavy bronze tears. In the fall of 2006 the set went to the east coast to rest in the salt of Buzzard's Bay until fall of 2011. click here to read "100 disturbing traits of humanity"" 100 TEARS, PART 3 100 tears of shiny silver (pewter covered with chrome) have the word "HOPE" cut into them. Project components are still in progress. |
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