Memories of the Forest Installation

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The search for the mean­ing of “home” has been an ongo­ing nar­ra­tive in my work for the past few years. I am explor­ing not just the phys­i­cal sense of home but also the spir­i­tual and metaphor­i­cal search for home in dif­fer­ent media.  The for­est scene cre­ated with “found” objects placed in the woods speaks to the loss of home.

The envi­ron­ment can be viewed on its own merit but also for the secrets it keeps. The found objects — a table­cloth, can­dle­sticks, a ker­chief and a burlap sack of pota­toes — are placed among fallen logs, sig­ni­fy­ing per­sonal sto­ries of loss among the shad­ows of the spir­its in the forest.

The artist book placed on the logs out­lines the sto­ries behind the found objects and ties them to the over­ar­ch­ing theme on the loss of home. The book includes orig­i­nal pho­tog­ra­phy, art­work and images, as well as writ­ten vignettes and quotes.

The mean­ing of home is not defined in a neat pack­age for con­sid­er­a­tion; it is an ongo­ing jour­ney that con­tin­ues to evolve in our memories.

“I shall assume that your silence gives your consent.”

– Plato