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“From the strain of binding opposites comes harmony.” Heraclitus
This large-scale installation drawing is a “group portrait” of 45 students from the 4 Connecticut State University campuses.
Each of the students created a self-portrait in objects and images from their past, present and “future” (2 objects/images for each era) and provided one word or phrase that was meaningful to them ALL of which they brought to the installation as their part of the group portrait.
For the installation, I created a grid and a formal “frame” for the piece and used a random system of object/image placement—the grid squares were numbered and then the students selected 6 numbers from a “hat” that determined their place on the wall. Once their objects were placed on the wall, the students drew BLUE lines from Past object/image to Past object/image—ORANGE lines connected Present and WHITE Future. In keeping with the spirit of chance that was a part of the piece, the words and phrases were printed up as Fortune Cookie fortunes and randomly attached to the wall.
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