THESIS
I began this work thinking about the constructs and elements, both physical and theoretical, which make up a home. I found my work throughout this exploration continually pointing to the physical destruction of the home as a result of human contact, or in some cases, negligence or lack of contact. A television on its stand holding videos and DVDs is a familiar object within a home. The blanket of dust covering the television screen and glass windows of the stand and the disturbance of that dust with someone’s fingerprints begin to speak about not only the comfort of a home, but the discomfort associated with being in or looking into someone else’s home. The specificity of the light in the photograph both emphasizes and conceals this discomfort—the light allows the photograph to be made and reveals to the viewer something strange and surreptitious, but at the same time graces the scene with its delicateness and peculiarity. It is that tension between repellence and allure that captivates me.
