mind the gap

Artist Statement

While expanding my practice into video and performance I created a series of alumi graph varied edition prints. These works use plates made from less toxic and innovative materials which I allow to change over time.

Mapping the Gap is the mapping of the emotional response felt by the artist while producing the multi-phased video installation project SUGAR in which I engaged young teenage girls in performance, writing collected difficult text on the sidewalks.

As a parent I had a front row seat in my daughters tempestuous journey through adolescence. A journey, which at times

risked her life. Watching, I experience an

intense range of strong emotional

responses. This emotional roller coaster ride compelled me to create work, using art as therapy and action. .

In creating this work I am providing an opportunity for multi-aged viewers to reflect on the present social and cultural realities that impact the female adolescents journey. Each viewer will bring to this work their own

personal histories and experience.

I made the video work about disturbed adolescent girls because I wasdisturbed

by their experience.

 

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