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Birth date: 03/03/1968          Country of origin: Jamaica          Country of residence: USA          Education: BA-Philosophy

Visuals

A Phenomenological Approach © 2002, Installation (Dimensions Variable): Steel, Aluminum, Aluminum Wire, Polyester Resin, Plaster, Monofilament

 

Consciousness	Abstract Forms of Thought, Zone, Consciousness	A Phenomenological Approach - Installation View	Written Forms of Thought
Being	Abstract Forms of Thought, Zone, Being	A Phenomenological Approach – Installation View	Written Forms of Thought

A Phenomenological Approach consists of five different components: Being (organically shaped steel and fiberglass sculpture), Consciousness (geometrically shaped aluminium and fiberglass sculpture), Abstract Forms of Thought (organically and geometrically shaped steel or aluminium and fiberglass objects), Written Forms of Thought (cast and stained plaster tablets etched with Cuneiform, Greek and Binary Code) and The Zone (a line of monofilament strung from 22’ ceiling to floor). This installation was my attempt to communicate my phenomenological experience of the creative process. The individual component placed in a spatial relationship that mirrors the relationship of the different portions within the creative process.

 

Artist Statement

“My brain works in strange ways...at least it seems so to me. This has created situations that have affected my psychology and emotional development in a subtly complicated fashion. I am sure a trained psychologist would straighten me out in no time.

However, I'm an artist. This means two things:

                                              I could never afford enough psychotherapy and
                                              Most artists make art because of some trouble communicating...it's just easier for me to pound on steel.

In working I try to figure things out, specifically the process itself and what drives me to make art. Working with the premise that there is some commonality (a basic psychological premise) between human beings, I believe that a personal investigation of my creative process will lead to some, hopefully concrete, information about what drives us as thinking beings”.

Visit http://www.marchristvision.com/~twalters/main.html?4 for links to papers.