Search 2020
Which parts of you live online? And which parts don’t? The oddity of engaging with the intangible is something we have normalized, lusted for, and feared, as our digital footprint and virtual ecosystems have matured to scale – It’s this contemplation that inspires my ongoing series, “SEARCH,” a collection of performance-driven art books that archive and materialize all of my time on the web.
This three volume set, comprising over 1,000 pages of searches, documents the curiosities, inspirations, and methodology behind my studio practice and life as an artist from Jan. 1 - Dec.31, 2020. ( Digital copies now available on Apple Books )
Originally started in 2015 after the completion of my undergraduate program at SFAI, this endeavor aims to build an immersive library that documents my web history over the course of my life. Although, developed as a loose bibliography for my artistic practice I find these objects can exist sculpturally on their own. These artworks reflect on time and physical mass in a visceral, and ubiquitous manner that I harken back to early inspirations like On Kawara and Richard Serra.
I like the sense of tension you get when watching Kawara’s, “One-Million-Years” being performed or the sense of humility you feel when ensnared by one of Serras massive metal sculptures. Search 2020 touches on similar sculptural principals by further connecting these experiences to the notion of a “body” as it moves through digital space.
I love knowing that as my archive gets longer, the work will inevitably get bigger. At some point as I age the work will outsize my physical presence and hold more information than I can ever remember. At that point it becomes questionable which object represents us best, the body, or the histories it leaves behind.
