The exhibit at the Haas Gallery was by Sue O'Donnell who is a professor of digital art. The art work was for the most part hung on the wall but two of the pieces were sitting on a pedestal. The lighting was set up to highlight the art. For one piece she utilized backlighting to show off the transparency of the book. The works all seem to be related and the subject seemed to revolve around her memories; the good and the bad. The pieces all shared a very graphic style and a small pallet of mostly black and white. The show was basically a snapshot of her life as a whole so it all went together very well.
The piece i chose to write about is made up of 24 square ultrachrome prints. There are no colors; just black and white. The shapes are all organic. The shapes are made up of text and spaces where she cut away text with an exacto knife. The shape as a whole looks like a distorted animal. There is a second part to the piece off to the side, it is the jar of all the
The reason behind this image is to show a narrative of her life and to let her let go of bad memories. When she printed it out she had not yet cut away any of the image, but she realized some of the text was too personal and she could not leave it all there. So she cut it away and put it in a jar. This I think let her feel more free while letting go.
I really like your interpretation on the artwork. I did my first blog on the same piece and I did not notice in the gallery the jar sitting next to the artwork with the cut out pieces. I agree with what he said, that the cut out pieces are memories of her life that she wants to forget. She put them into a jar to keep them so she does not forget her past regrets and mistakes. Putting them in a confined jar she has control over what she once did not.
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