So I kept forgetting to post but now I'm finally going to catch the blog up.
When I first came to Florence, I definitely had some vague ideas of how I would be approaching studio. I basically thought I'd be picking up where I left off and continue with my first love, painting. I quickly realized that it was time to think differently, at least I had to if I wanted to keep up with the class.
Fortunately, one particular collage during Theme Sequence led me on my track. The assignment was to create a collage with a specific site in mind. I started, thinking of a particular apartment, and eventually contrasted the memory of the site with the reality that it had been destroyed. This led me to ideas of absence and presence, dealing with the physicality of both in my work.
Anyway, I have started working with an installation in my studio space. I'm still playing with the idea of absence and presence, specifically referencing memories and visuals from my particular apartment, but also opening the idea up to other references to the same theme that exist in Florence. Here are a few images:
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