FOUND TRASH
In life, change is certain. Today in age, with the ever-growing development of technology, humans have adapted to live in a constant 'upgrade'. Consumerism dictates that we buy a new this and a new that forcing us to rid of the 'old', unwanted possessions to make room for the upgrade. These material possessions (objects) which once held value, are now discarded, forgotten. throwaway culture
The action of wrapping these objects (removes the individual character and importance of the object) conceals the aesthetics, which in term allude to the forgetting/discarding of the object; allow the unified form of the objects to develop.
(Though presented as photographs, the work consists of a much everything that happens in the process. It is process-oriented)
Observation My process is to drive around town in search of eye-catching trash and/or broken, forgotten objects.
Interpretation I then proceed to examine the environment in which the trash is found and begin to ask questions such as, where did the trash come from? who threw it away? why was it discarded? etc.
Response It is these questions that influence my next step, which is to unify the objects by wrapping them with black shrink wrap.
(Its the context and the intended destination of these objects that defines them as trash. the day before they were not trash) Conscious to the fact that these objects are, after all trash, documentation is all that remains, alike the objects, a vague memory of what used to be.
3 sillas, is an arrangement of 3 balanced chairs. By wrapping the chairs individually, the formal qualities of the chairs begin to transform into diagonal lines and planes of black. (Individual elements loose their character and this allows for a contextual shift because the viewer's relationship to the original is loosened- it's not a chair anymore, it's an unknown composition that we are forced to look at in a more formal sense. Maybe that's the whole idea- that you are asking those passing by to stop and consider)
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Advertise here, depicts a crashed bus stop. The remaining crime scene tape gives evidence of an accident. Upon exploring the scene, I wrap the bus stop as though healing a wound with a bandage. The actual foot of the structure is broken making the structure crumble. (again, you are pulling the objects from one context into another by obscuring it's surface and form)
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'2 camas' portrays an entanglement of two mattresses . In these photographs, the geometrical conversation becomes more evident; as the overall form of the object is minimal. Vertical lines align across the composition and subtle diagonals intersect them.
Within the object, the entanglement starts a conversation between the 2 mattresses, with soft folds of the shrink wrap acting as bed sheets that have been disturbed by human intervention. The heavy bulge on the bottom left of the object suggests a bodily presence alluding to this conversation. (It's also standing on it's own and on it's edge- this is another shift in context.)
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Cajones, is a toggle between dressers. There is a juxtaposition present of the rigid, box-like structure of the objects and the lines created by the shrink wrap that run through the dressers. It appears that the dressers are pulling on one another by means of the wrap.
In closer observation of the background, the tree and the house serve as the audience to this event. (something shifted here, a breakthrough, a realization- something about shifting context and form)
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Home. This wrapping, depicts a firm structure, such as the house behind it. The wrapped objects, in the manner in which they are arranged, become architectural in a way, alluding to the sense of home.
The latter two photographs are taken from a different perspective, making the object seem massive in relation to its surrounding.
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Red, black and blue, was created through a different approach. Upon interaction with the found trash, I felt the need to arrange the objects individually. The first photograph looks like a family portrait with the colored columns framing the family members. Even the tree painted in white becomes a member itself.
Again, different angles show the personalities of the individual objects and their relation to one another.
This is a site-specific series, and thus the objects are left on-site.
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Experimentations
These are small works. Explorations of the material.
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