WORK IN PROGRESS (WRITING/CONCEPT IN DEVELOPMENT)
“Despite the proliferation of discursive sites and fictional selves, however, the phantom of a site as an actual place remains, and our psychic, habitual attachment to places regularly returns as it continues to inform our sense of identity. This persistent, perhaps secret adherence to the actuality of places (in memory, in longing) may not be a lack of theoretical sophistication but a means of survival.”
Miwon Kwon
Themes:
Ephemerality, Displacement from 'Home', Community, Intimacy, A Haptic Shift, Transparency,
Readings/References:
Miwon Kwon. One Place After Another: Site-Specific Art and Locational Identity, "By Way of a Conclusion: One Place After Another"
Byung-Chul Han. The Transparency Society, “The Society of Positivity”
Edouard Glissant. Poetics of Relation, “For Opacity"
An Introduction:
Temporary-ness, ephemerality, transience, impermanence, the ‘For Nows'. The passage of time as a phenomenon/a driving force of fear is no new thing. Time moves; we are scared. To clarify, neither my work nor my relations with time are concerned with an existential questioning/absence of meaning. I’ve seen and felt far too much love, community, and belonging to live that way — I’ve tasted it. However, the fears that I have perennially danced and worked alongside have to do with the fleeting of that love, an inspecting of the workings that inhibit, sever, pervert, and pacify that love.
I come here angry and resentful, but most of all curious and desperate to understand.
“Like where the glamor went? Deceived me, thought it last forever
Another track of depth, me with all my past attempts”
Another track of depth, me with all my past attempts”
MIKE
16 Years, 2 Months, 10 Days, 2024
Acrylic Spray Paint, Wheatpaste, Concrete, 36 x 30 Luster Prints on Wood
Stucco Jesus and The Ephemeral (Installation), 2023
3:23 Video Projection on Wood, Stucco, Plaster, Wire Mesh
“The globe shrinks for those who own it; for the displaced or the dispossessed, the migrant or refugee, no distance is more awesome than the few feet across borders or frontiers.”
Homi Bhabha
Stucco Jesus and The Ephemeral (Scans), 2023
Stucco on 8.5 x 11 Luster Prints
Journal Entry: 11/9/23
I worry and contemplate over the idea of home... of community. Every time I'm relocated I find the worry grows stronger. Where do I go in a reality where friendships are four year commitments and where family beyond the immediate is 6,500 miles and many resentments away?
Stucco Jesus, 2023
Stucco, Concrete, Metal Lath, Foam, Wood, PVC Film, Prayer Candles
HOLDme, 2022
Concrete, Zinc Rods, Spray Paint
