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View of one of the pieces on a shelf, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A block of plaster reads “Feather Holyrood Park Date Oct 18, 18”. What is in it? Is it a feather? Is it from Holyrood Park? Is the date when it was found? When it was cast? Several other blocks of plaster just like it, labelled with objects, places, and dates sit next to the first. All are plaster casts of the inside of a plastic bag. But what does it mean?<\/p>\n

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In progress shot during the labeling stage of the project, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perceptions is an experimental piece that developed through several stages. First from the idea of preservation. Of particular interest was the dynamic of preserving the natural world in an artificial container (a plastic bag) and the question of how acceptable is preservation\u00a0 if it removes the object from sight and ultimately destroys it?<\/p>\n

This went further, by challenging the audience to if they trust the labels, as they very well could be false. Exactly how much trust does a viewer give the artist and how much should they?<\/p>\n

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Image of a fallen cast bag, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On a tangential topic, trust is related to the idea of truth. This connects back to a philosophy question concerning art and how much truth does art reflect and how much distortion.\u00a0Aristotle sums this nicely when he wr\u200bote, \u201cThe aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.\u201d So what is truth in art, particularly in a piece that challenges perceptions?<\/p>\n

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Full view of the work as the casts are being split apart, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The work developed further when the casts were broken open to determine if there was an object, what object, and what its condition was in. Not only where the questions of trust answered (yes, some labels were false) and the reflection on preservation showed the destruction of some of the natural materials, but a new artwork was created in the lasting impressions that were found.<\/p>\n

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Impression of the feather after the plaster was split open, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perceptions deepest impact was in the process of development and discovery, how a piece of artwork changes over time and reflection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A block of plaster reads “Feather Holyrood Park Date Oct 18, 18”. What is in it? Is it a feather? Is it from Holyrood Park? Is the date when it was found? When it was cast? Several other blocks of plaster just like it, labelled with objects, places, and dates sit next to the first. … <\/p>\n

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