How does this exhibition give insight into your working process?
This is a snapshot of my working process, of what has been going on since I got here, including photographs and video. The studio space became a sort of stage set with the image of the arch as a guiding principal. I have been thinking about the idea of portraiture as architecture and portraiture as performance.
How do the different elements come together in this space?
This exhibition has become about shadow and light. The series of black-and-white photographs act as storyboards, documenting what has been happening in the space. I like the idea that a stage set does not have to be 100 percent realistic; it just has to read and be understood from a distance. The repetition of the arch can be seen in the light projection piece and in the photographs—where my form becomes the arch—and in the physical arches of the structures. The etchings are derived from preparatory sketches that I have used to make actual brick structures and drawings. They have become plates that can be moved around in the same way I have been moving these structures. The video is yet another explanation of all these elements coming together.
How does your process at Artpace relate to your previous or future work?
I came here re-investigating a previous exhibition, going from a physical space to what is seen here. It is a more visual form of storytelling. It is me trying to uncensor myself and be propelled by curiosity. I was coming into the space and trying to create something new every day as a way to force myself into moving forward. I have sped up a six-month process into one month, so much of the work I have created here will be used in future projects.
Is there a common narrative or theme in the space?
It is a narrative, but I’m hoping that by taking a snapshot of my working process, I am inviting people in and allowing them to make their own associations. My work is experiential and I want the viewer to encounter these images with a similar sense of curiosity about architecture or moving through space in a different way. As a result, the space is not meant to be pristine and finished, but unfinished and in-process.
