Obtainium (ob’ tayn ee um) n. found objects, rejected history…objects doomed for bulk pick-up, to be ever entombed in human unwant. I am inspired by their potential stories and moved by these object’s beauty. They become a homogenized whole - bringing their own bits of history to each piece, a wise seasoned life.
This series, the Transportation of Situation is a group of “vehicles,” modes of transport for happenings and situations that occur in daily life. They are metaphorical toy transports comprised of Obtainium. These vehicles carry us through life’s circumstances. Life is motion, vehicles are motion … moving to the next interaction that life casts our way. Whether it be with ourselves or others, for positive or painful, exhilarating or mundane.
toss installation at
the contemporary museum biennial of hawaii artists 2005
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