Each of us have an inward and an outward image. One which we carry privately and one which we present publicly. In a body of work entitled Fear <–> Desire, my concerns have focused upon the point where the inner world meets the world beyond, and how we slip back and forth across this point of fear and desire. As and interface between artist and viewer, the work not only narrows the gap between public and private, body and mind, but also examines the point at which the two may meet. It is thus far a project with hope: for connection to other, connection of inward and outward images of self, connection of body and mind in a world that has continuously widened this gap, so that both may be considered “instruments of knowledge.”
“Following Descartes’ distinction between body and mind, and his definition of a human being via consciousness, we have come to a point in the late twentieth century when the body is no longer considered an instrument of knowledge.” — Bill Viola
