I want to experience what it means to be conscious. I want to feel present and connected.

 

My work explores how the more connected we get, the more disconnected we become. I have been researching consciousness and connection for three decades. Right now I work through the toys I played with as a child, and the ones my children played with. Childhood is where connection is first formed, or first missing. I rebuild them in contemporary materials, digital debris, resin, light. I move between painting, photography, object, video and performance, depending on where my question takes me.

 

Paula Marcondes