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print this pagePatterns steps away from performance, seeking new ways to speak through art
Cherry Wood
Saturday, October 11 - 10:20AM to 10:55AM
Wayne State University
I want to walk with you, holding your hand, through photographic scenes describing elements missing from what you see, sense, hear, and taste. Residual objects, from images created during my photographic encounters with other artists, friends, colleagues, and waiters. My work throughout the last ten years has been primarily in private environments: forests, art residencies, airbnbs, hotel rooms, and art studios.— experimenting with intimacy, labor, immigration, language, and family heritage. I will use my voice through a PA system and a synthesizer, recreating the sounds of my heart and the story you can't see. Using a projector, I will choose a scene containing scanned images of black and white negatives depicting a performative act of my shared story. There will be performance, sound, and visual coming together in the presentation. Other technicalities include three LED lights pointing upward towards the ceiling. I am open to suggestions and can adapt to the environment and possibilities of the conference.
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