One year, 52 takes on "material"
Materiality as a connective thread
Sharing one use of the word “material” each week throughout 2024 has reinforced the ways in which a material lens works as a connective thread. It reveals and strengthens ties:
between financial returns and multi-faceted real-world implications
between artists - in fact any communicator - and their inspiration, and the methods through which art and communication are conveyed
between those still alive, and those who are not - as a conduit for memory…
“Material” turned out to be an even more malleable constraint than I imagined. But that in itself can be taken as an insight into how we put words to work, how they are alive with multiple understandings and interpretive potential.
Check out the initial touch-points on why I landed on the name “It’s Material”, from which this series builds forwards.
And download a PDF of the 52 images here, each linking to its respective post.