I construct metaphysical comedies rooted in incomprehension and folly. They present a model of flawed, de-centralized consciousness— an incongruous and absurd universe resulting from misperception. I call this a place of profound idiocy. I am fascinated by this conundrum: if the world is based upon a constructed, idiosyncratic way of seeing, then how is enlightenment possible? Although it may not be possible to answer such a question, through my work I illustrate the absurd activity of attempting to know. This requires a kind of productive misunderstanding that intentionally employs digression, inefficiency, repetition and congealed logic to portray the way in which meaning can emerge from cognitive failure. My desire to methodically give shape to the incomprehensible results in projects that embody the absurdity of such a predicament. Transcendence occurs by means of humor that naturally arises from such absurdity. Humor becomes the means to achieve distance from both my environment and myself and thus arrive at an awareness of the way in which the possible and the impossible run parallel to one another.
RS, 2011
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