sumus solum quot mentes credant
mixed media installation
november 2001
spool mfg., johnson city, new york
memory, the fleeting moment. an idea of reality. from the realm of consciousness and being. we are the sum value of our total systems and beliefs. from collaborative to singular, our realities mingle with each other in awkward states of melancholy. this work deals with the simple and the immediate, searching for a relative reality. i tap into memory, in search of truth. upon completion, i focus on the existential and challenge the viewer to do the same.
this visual requiem helps to depict a question of time and mortality. the finite and the chance. walking through — silence, darkness, dampness, chill. the presence of time becomes more ominous. more fixated. we become more aware. we find the nuances of life through these paths, the possibility of that looming question answered.