are you a vessel or a husk?

2021 East Carolina University Undergraduate Exhibition

Polaroid black and white i-Type emulsion lifts, image transfers with DASS super sauce onto glass, graphite. 5 x 7” / 6” x 8” boxes

At the start of this work I found myself interested in the alterations of memory that one can sometimes create with unexpected outcomes. If I was disappointed or excited, why? Regardless of the emotion, if a piece of the narrative changed, would that ease the memory into nonexistence? Why? Why not? If I imagine it in a hundred other scenarios that went down differently, would that calm the feeling of cathartic chaos, or rationalize what’s happening in the present? These sets of polaroids and image lifts are constructed solutions pulled from multiple memories and perspectives.

A single plate of glass features a single image, block of thoughts, or color composition. Each piece is comprised of 3-5 plates. Rearranging, moving, and stacking the memories so that the new amalgamation can be looked through into the other side is integral to the work. These sets are encompassed in black-and-white frames to demonstrate the confinement created by binary modes of thinking, exploring the impossible notion of anything being “black or white”.