Studio, Carbondale, 2000
In keeping with the diagonal slant of the previous post i present this snap shot of my studio, circa 2000, at the Glove Factory, Carbondale. One of my abiding interests are systems and the information they require to exist andthe data the produce. Part of this fascination includes being overwhelmed by information, whether undertaking research for a specific art work and not knowing where to draw the line, or attempting to define a complex system, or some other instance of massive overload, in any case there is way more data out there than we can hope to understand or parse together or see the linkages and discern the differences. One response to this phenomena for me has always been to drop the filters and just present it, warts and all, un-mediated as much as possible. i think on one level i enjoy the aesthetic of overload, of sensory over stimulation and on the other hand in the presence of so much random material i try and still develop relationships and linkages. The image above is taken from my studio in Carbondale toward the end of my 2nd yerar there. having re-newed my attraction to all things reflective i started pasting up on the studio walls pretty uch any thing and everything that seemed half way interesting without much thought as to how it would look or what it might be later on.
