Measuring the distance as if it were the essence of being close

latex house paint, cardboard, single channel video 3m loop. 2017

Dimensions variable: tallest object is hung at 114”, smallest object measures 12” x 8” x 6”

These objects are made using poured sheets of latex house paint, a material made from the process of liquid leveling. The paint used is color-matched to swatches of blue sent from friends and family living far away. Each new color and object made from that color then becomes embedded with a reciprocal care from and for faraway loved ones, another means of spanning a distance. The swimsuits are overlaid with a video projection of dappled sunlight and shadows filmed on a sheet of the same paint. The video creates a subtle feeling of the outdoors in the gallery which then clearly dissolves into pixels upon closer inspection.

Installed in Trouble, 2017 MFA Thesis Show, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX 

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