Artist Statement

And always, there is laundry…

Underlying all of the great and tragic events, situated between the cycles of birth and death, are the ordinary moments, the rituals, the mundane tasks and routines that thread through it all, tying together all of humanity. Repetitive, at times dull and boring, often overlooked, it is the ordinariness of life that connects to our human spirit.

As an artist, I am interested in both the meditative and the transformative nature of the ordinary tasks and mundane moments. I see the daily routines and rituals as the process of living. In my practice, I am drawn to the process and the materiality of making art rather than the drive to create a finished product. For me, the joy is in the process, the engagement of my senses, touching and manipulating the material. Just as the simple routines and rituals in life, whether cooking and cleaning, eating and sleeping, walking and breathing, provide a rhythm and balance, the artistic process provides balance and keeps me grounded in the present moment. The ordinariness of life, like the artistic process, is a journey that slowly but inevitably transforms life one moment at a time.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Shana Moulton

Shana Moulton's work, combining video, performance and installation, involves the notions of journey and transformation. In her video/performance pieces her body and her character undergoes both a physical and spiritual transformation, as she deals with issues of gender, technology and popular culture. I find it interesting the way she layers video with performance to create these multi-layerd, almost psychedelic works such as the link below.
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