Machinations
Exhibition Statement
As we go about organizing and shaping the materials and spaces of nature, we often evoke the Law of Unintended Consequences. Because of this, our best laid plans often resemble machinations in the end. Even when we may have no intention of doing harm, it seems we often manage to have a detrimental impact on the other species.
We have windows so we can let the sunlight in and see outside. Birds try to fly through the sky reflected in those windows and break their necks. In these most recent of my works, the machine represented by the rusty metal and gears is symbolic of the machinations that yield unforeseen negative impacts. The birds are symbolic of all of the unintended victims, the casualties.
Some find these losses to be acceptable; others seek to atone for the negative impacts they have. The altars in some of the prints are symbolic of seeking atonement.
