Broader Statement: For this final piece I wanted to heed the ‘asks’ I have made of my students all year long and use art as a
tool to talk from a very personal point-of-view; representing myself, and my own experiences in a way I often avoid within my
work by drawing content from larger societal issues.
This installation piece examines my personal feelings and experiences (in context of the broader socio-political national and
global happenings) during the last 2.5 years of the pandemic. These experiences range from my own horrific battle with
Covid-19, commentary on the failures and triumphs of our healthcare system and wild variation of humanistic responses to
such, in the field coverage of protests and counter protests through the NPPA, family illness, and witnessing the war in
Ukraine unfold, both as a bystander and as a friend to several conflict photographers overseas covering it in person. Objects
within the installation serve as symbolic relics in the personal re-counting and contextualizing of the last several years events,
thematically exploring sentiments of destabilization, loss, mourning, hope, collective-empowerment, right-wing fear
mongering, nature as therapeutic, and the portrayal of the general toll these years have taken.
Specific to the sculptural pieces:
Each sculpture represents one year in the nearly 2.5 years of the pandemic so far. The elements within each individual
sculpture are symbolic of the main events (globally, nationally, and personally) of each year. The third year is presented on a
pedal, as it is still unfolding before us.
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