I want to experience what it means to be conscious

I want to feel present and connected

 

My work begins with attention to what is set aside. In a time of excess and constant connection, I turn toward what has been discarded and give the ordinary new meaning.

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I build objects and assemblages from polycarbonate, plexiglass, resin, light, and material I collect or scavenge, fragments of the physical and the digital, the phygital. Some stand alone, some become installations or interventions. My paintings carry a layered, three-dimensional element. My videos hold a single frame for ninety seconds, then I mark them with digital drawing that brings out the human hand. The handheld camera, the breath, the artist present without appearing. Some works are completed only when someone plays with them.

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My research is about consciousness and connection. I work across object, painting, photography, video, and performance, and the medium follows the research, not the other way around.

 

Paula Marcondes