Flare-ups


2024
Projected video, upended table, potted plant, cut flowers, plastic cup, glass marble, paperweight, polishing brush, radio antennas


Installation view
SVA Residency Programs Open Studios
June 26, 2024




Flare-ups houses objects in both cherished and disrupted states. There are mixed messages - a potted plant has new buds (indicating attentive tending-to) and a cup is half-filled with fresh water, yet it balances next to a broken glass marble and cut flowers trapped in a clouded vase. Moving among the objects can be searching for clues. I hope that each viewer can recast the constellation of meaning, and that there is spaciousness for contemplation.