Response To Thomas Beard
A quote at the end of the article resonated with me
" So what’s changed? In short, the archive has exploded."
Works like Whispering Pines are drawing from an archive of pop imagery, domestic patterns, new ageism,
psychedelics, and domestic patterns to create a new hybrid commentary on our daily lives.
Such a mixture, with so many various elements, would not be plausible in any other age but the digital one we
are currently inhabiting- how could such a mish mash of elements possibly come together into a single body
of work.
The archive has allowed for an artist to draw from a diverse array of sources and to construct intersections,
hybrids, and new ideas like never before. Whether an attached cushion, or a video portal, we are living in an
age where there is more flexibility in the elements utilized, there is now a more abstract definition of what
something means, and our own interpretation of it is more easily skewed,
" So what’s changed? In short, the archive has exploded."
Works like Whispering Pines are drawing from an archive of pop imagery, domestic patterns, new ageism,
psychedelics, and domestic patterns to create a new hybrid commentary on our daily lives.
Such a mixture, with so many various elements, would not be plausible in any other age but the digital one we
are currently inhabiting- how could such a mish mash of elements possibly come together into a single body
of work.
The archive has allowed for an artist to draw from a diverse array of sources and to construct intersections,
hybrids, and new ideas like never before. Whether an attached cushion, or a video portal, we are living in an
age where there is more flexibility in the elements utilized, there is now a more abstract definition of what
something means, and our own interpretation of it is more easily skewed,
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