monitor breath - “CODE PRACTICE: Certain Objects and Certain Systems” by James Woodfill at JNG
Check out the interactive, online exhibit, “CODE PRACTICE: Certain Objects and Certain Systems” from Joseph Nease Gallery! To view the exhibit: https://art.josephneasegallery.com/woodfill/ From the artist, Jim Woodfill: “At a basic level we perceive our world by moving through it, continuously receiving information from the shifting relationships between THINGS. We form our reality kinetically in collaboration with the world. In our daily existence, pattern and repetition cause habits to form that distance us from this direct encounter. The expected slowly becomes invisible.” + “The abrupt move to a “stay at home” situation this spring brought on by the coronavirus pandemic changed the normal balances of my relationship to the space and time of my studio. Granted, I normally spend a lot of time in my studio and I also am a regular user of the internet, but now I was isolated beyond usual and my only daily communication outside of my family life came through the computer. There is a newly defined situation known as a “plausible deniability of absence” where our mind is tricked into the idea of being together with someone, via video calls, but our body knows that we are not. This dissonance is taxing, and it is a hurdle that we soon learn to ignore. We are existing primarily in a virtual world once removed from the real, and our response is to slowly “forget” that this barrier exists. It’s like the idea that we learn to forget we are wearing eyeglasses. This new stimulus slowly becomes expected. The expected slowly becomes invisible. My attempt with this work has been to challenge the expected sparking new curiosity in the everyday." @joseph_nease_gallery @jameswoodfill #JosephNeaseGallery #JamesWoodfill #ContemporaryArt #AbstractArt #stopframeanimation #animation #soundsketch #virtualexhibit #virtualreality #monitor #breath #inthestudio #kcmo #duluthmn #downtownduluthartswalk #dowtownduluthartscollective
Check out the interactive, online exhibit, “CODE PRACTICE: Certain Objects and Certain Systems” from Joseph Nease Gallery! To view the exhibit: https://art.josephneasegallery.com/woodfill/ From the artist, Jim Woodfill: “At a basic level we perceive our world by moving through it, continuously receiving information from the shifting relationships between THINGS. We form our reality kinetically in collaboration with the world. In our daily existence, pattern and repetition cause habits to form that distance us from this direct encounter. The expected slowly becomes invisible.” + “The abrupt move to a “stay at home” situation this spring brought on by the coronavirus pandemic changed the normal balances of my relationship to the space and time of my studio. Granted, I normally spend a lot of time in my studio and I also am a regular user of the internet, but now I was isolated beyond usual and my only daily communication outside of my family life came through the computer. There is a newly defined situation known as a “plausible deniability of absence” where our mind is tricked into the idea of being together with someone, via video calls, but our body knows that we are not. This dissonance is taxing, and it is a hurdle that we soon learn to ignore. We are existing primarily in a virtual world once removed from the real, and our response is to slowly “forget” that this barrier exists. It’s like the idea that we learn to forget we are wearing eyeglasses. This new stimulus slowly becomes expected. The expected slowly becomes invisible. My attempt with this work has been to challenge the expected sparking new curiosity in the everyday." @joseph_nease_gallery @jameswoodfill #JosephNeaseGallery #JamesWoodfill #ContemporaryArt #AbstractArt #stopframeanimation #animation #soundsketch #virtualexhibit #virtualreality #monitor #breath #inthestudio #kcmo #duluthmn #downtownduluthartswalk #dowtownduluthartscollective