Palimpsest
Presenter Type
UNO Undergraduate Student
Major/Field of Study
Art and Art History
Other
BFA Studio Art
Advisor Information
Rebecca Norris PhD.
Location
Weber Art Gallery
Presentation Type
Performance
Start Date
22-3-2024 2:30 PM
End Date
22-3-2024 3:45 PM
Abstract
Palimpsest, 2024
performance/installation
wood, sound, and body
Weber Fine Arts Gallery
University of Nebraska at Omaha
pal·imp·sest /ˈpaləm(p)ˌsest/ noun
"A manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain. Something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form"
Palimpsest is a performance inviting the viewer to engage with the artist in a mindful and healing interaction of peaceful meditation practice. Sitting in a hand-made structure, the artist meditates in the installation space, contemplating collective trauma as a result of war and discrimination. Sound and light are then used to allude to the process and creation of the piece. Quick, emphatic, and deliberate marks were made within the walls of the work. However, the evidence of that history is only an abstraction and a recording. Long after its initial creation, the artist returns to the structure having been fundamentally changed in the process. Recurring performances will provide opportunity for the artist to reinforce the work, and provide safe space for the viewer to contemplate our deeper connection to humanity and the nature of collective grief. Of those lives lost, traces remain.
Palimpsest
Weber Art Gallery
Palimpsest, 2024
performance/installation
wood, sound, and body
Weber Fine Arts Gallery
University of Nebraska at Omaha
pal·imp·sest /ˈpaləm(p)ˌsest/ noun
"A manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain. Something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form"
Palimpsest is a performance inviting the viewer to engage with the artist in a mindful and healing interaction of peaceful meditation practice. Sitting in a hand-made structure, the artist meditates in the installation space, contemplating collective trauma as a result of war and discrimination. Sound and light are then used to allude to the process and creation of the piece. Quick, emphatic, and deliberate marks were made within the walls of the work. However, the evidence of that history is only an abstraction and a recording. Long after its initial creation, the artist returns to the structure having been fundamentally changed in the process. Recurring performances will provide opportunity for the artist to reinforce the work, and provide safe space for the viewer to contemplate our deeper connection to humanity and the nature of collective grief. Of those lives lost, traces remain.