Things far away stand still against all movement and time, while the closer we are to something, the faster it zooms by. Time - a social construct designed to measure our productivity. Time - our perception of which is used to determine our mental capacity, a paramedic asks "do you know what day it is?", a clock drawing is used to diagnose dementia. Time - only documented by the mediums of photography and video with meta data and time stamps. Einstein noted that people on a train experience time differently than those on the ground, time and distance rendered relative. Eadweard Muybridge invented ways to stop time with a camera, studying motion frozen in time.The industrial revolution and capitalism forced us to use every second of it. Yet, Sitting Bull used time as an act of resistance as he sat down and smoked a pipe during Yellowstone battles against white soldiers in 1872. Rosa Parks did the same as she sat, refusing movement, on a bus in 1955. They stopped time too.
I commute to work an hour from my home almost daily. During that commute I pass stunning landscapes while I try to cram every second with productive activity. I leave myself voice messages containing "to do" lists, remind myself of meetings, and listen to pod casts informing my work. Why? What would happen if I defied time? This project is about constant movement, juxtaposed with moments of standing still, of stopping in an act of resistance. I stopped time and decided to wander off my daily route. I ventured into the stunning landscapes typically ignored. I stood still to feel the wind blow around me. I left my watch at home and forgot time. I allowed myself the opportunity to experience life without this construct, just for a moment. These are the works created from the experience.
* An exhibition of this completed project will open August 16th, 2024 and will run through October 6th, 2024, The Fine Arts and Design Studios, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, Kansas.
I commute to work an hour from my home almost daily. During that commute I pass stunning landscapes while I try to cram every second with productive activity. I leave myself voice messages containing "to do" lists, remind myself of meetings, and listen to pod casts informing my work. Why? What would happen if I defied time? This project is about constant movement, juxtaposed with moments of standing still, of stopping in an act of resistance. I stopped time and decided to wander off my daily route. I ventured into the stunning landscapes typically ignored. I stood still to feel the wind blow around me. I left my watch at home and forgot time. I allowed myself the opportunity to experience life without this construct, just for a moment. These are the works created from the experience.
* An exhibition of this completed project will open August 16th, 2024 and will run through October 6th, 2024, The Fine Arts and Design Studios, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, Kansas.