The "Inside..." Installation

The figure, based upon the artist herself, sits quietly in the corner of a room illumined from within and without. Subtle lines, imperceptible at times, connect her to the space around her, as a web tethering her to this space and time. A chosen niche. The sound of silence is occasionally broken by a heartbeat, or by audible breath sounds that usher in a greater radiance.

 

And, that inner light transforms the space around her. Though the figure is physically still, the Inside… Inside… Inside… installation is dynamic, rather than static.

 

Upon entering the installation space, the figure might be in varied states of inner light, dimmed or brilliant, in silence, or enveloped by reflected sound.

 

A meditative artwork, this installation brings the viewer into a scene of inner states of being. Speaking to an inner calm such that the “I” nearly disappears — other times, with a clarity, such that a significant awareness radiates through the entire being.

 

Another of the ways this piece speaks is to how we encounter people in life, or move through it ourselves — the inner light, when dim, looks withdrawn from the outer world, the person inaccessible. When the inner light is beaming, the individual greatly impacts the space around them and all who are near.