VHS VISTAS
Through travel, one enters a state of transience - vulnerability, both physically and emotionally, as one goes from one place of safety to another. This feeling of liminality is pronounced when looking out at the land while traveling, and especially while driving - watching the landscape slowly morph and change over time, becoming something else. Witnessing this can remind the viewer that, much like the human body, even the massive landforms we see, no matter how impressive and grand, were formed through natural processes and will eventually erode to nothing again. The process of experiencing these emotions are not just similar to travel, but also to yearning. The yearning for something else is, to many, what drives the desire to explore and experience something new - whether that’s far-off physical spaces, nonexistent memories, or utopian tomorrows. Here, I use the analog quality of VHS recordings in combination with installation to present this dissonance between nostalgia, yearning, and the present moment. From here, the viewer can watch – and even interact with –these installations to make sense of their own indescribable yearnings.
Where Do You See Yourself? CRT TV, Analog Camcorder, Analog Video Mixing Board, Video, Sound, Couch, Coffee Table. 2024.
Drive Yourself to Sleep. Hammock, Flatscreen TV, Video, Sound. 2024.
Going, Going. CRT TV, Rocks, Video, Sound. 2024.
Gone. CRT TV, VHS Tapes, Video, Sound. 2024.
Analog Memory. CRT TV, Weathered Camping Chair, Video Sound. 2024.
Analog Yearning. CRT TV, Used Car Seat, Video, Sound. 2024.
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