I Could Not Stop (Emily Dickinson)
This monochrome triptych melds sculpture and text, where rugged edges and textured surfaces are met with the fragility of paper thin panels. Only revealed through their own shadow, the letters demand a certain attention to be deciphered.
These fragments taken from a poem by Emily Dickinson reverberate simultaneously with straight-forward dialogue and nuanced ambiguity. Here these words exist imbedded in plaster muslin; a fabric used to embalm bodies in ancient times.
These fragments taken from a poem by Emily Dickinson reverberate simultaneously with straight-forward dialogue and nuanced ambiguity. Here these words exist imbedded in plaster muslin; a fabric used to embalm bodies in ancient times.
Project Year
2024
Dimensions
18.5 x 35 in.
Materials
Pressed letters on muslin
Project Status
Completed
Image by Mikayla Sousae
The words have been pressed into the plaster cloth with old typecasting letters normally used to convey information and important events.
In this case, the letters are conveying news that is perhaps the most significant of all---The inevitability and release of our final act.
In this case, the letters are conveying news that is perhaps the most significant of all---The inevitability and release of our final act.
Image by Kyle Juron