r e d u n d a n c i e s
Blown Glass, Notions of control, Circumstances of chance
Dimensions Vary
2025 - ongoing
Photo Credit: Elizabeth Lamark
Relying on advanced methods of glass blowing, one stemmed object of specific design is made repeatedly, each iteration then subjected to various degrees of dismissal. In obvious and abstract ways, each vitrine within this series catalogs an assortment of efforts to compromise the integrity of each stemmed object as it relates to its formality, function, and/or various associations with prestige. The remnants of these dismissive tactics are also housed with the integration of images, words, data, video, and sound to deepen the resonance of each dismissive circumstance further; collectively serving as a library of studies in pursuit of a masterful handling of wrongness.
d e n i e d
A study of dismissal to the cup subject’s quality of value by way of low-brow judgment.
p e r f o r a t e d
A study of dismissal to the functionality of a cup subject.
t h u m p e d
A study of dismissal to the physicality of a cup subject after three taps with a mallet.
c e r t i f i e d
A study of dismissal to the value of a cup subject by way of formal, notarized declaration.
e n c a s e d
A study of dismissal to the cup subject’s exposure to physical space in three different ways.
