Interested in subtle change, I aim to create experiences within viewers that reveal overlooked inter-relationships. Subtle change marks impermanence and transition. A moment of pause, a break in routine, is necessary criteria for subtle observation. I create environments and moments infused with the slowness necessary for this kind of attention. Evident in my video work this slowness takes time, challenging our high-speed technological era with a call for patience. In my text based and installation work, I create a momentary pause by placing words into a seemingly unrelated context or by juxtaposing two apparently dissonant locations. Observers bring personal experiences into this pause (or gap), uncovering subtle relational meaning of their own.
Emerging from rich fiber and craft traditions, I use accumulation, repetition and time as the foundational elements of my artistic practice. I also draw upon scientific data collection processes, utilizing methodic ritual to document this subtlety. Science research employs labor and accumulation of minuet data to transform collective knowledge of the world, inspire a change in public policy, and ultimately influence individual's actions. Similarly, through subtlety I seek to make transparent the ways our actions inter-relate with the world around us, ultimately hoping to inspire individuals to act conscientiously.
Subtle change marks impermanence and transition; within the accumulation of small changes lies the possibility for larger global change.