Artist In Residence
Artist Statement
Patrick Haywood
Photos of this artists work.
Link to artist's own website: www.patrickhaywood.com
Statement
I am a father. I am a husband. I am a provider and subsequently a producer. I am a consumer. I am an individual and a number.
My work is a diacritic account of the residue of my participation in a system of mass production. Using time as a reference and materials gleaned from my own consumptive habits, the work investigates where private ritual and mass production intersect.
My Work
Vignettes of detritus chronicle what is most important to me as a new father: mindfulness, a sense of nurturing, devotion, love and providing a unique experience for my family by creating a meal. What is also visible, are the remnants of what I try to avoid: the mass produced.
A six, month subscription of a daily newspaper is reduced to individual blocks. Serial production works with the element of time to create a visual comparison of the mass of an item consumed.
I simultaneously assume the roll of consumer, producer, individual and number. Through the examination of what is consumed I hope to spur people to question the roles they play in a system of mass production.
Residency Period: February 1 to April 30, 2005.
Art show with Mike Farruggia: April 22 & 23, 2005.
Link to artist's own website: www.patrickhaywood.com
Statement
I am a father. I am a husband. I am a provider and subsequently a producer. I am a consumer. I am an individual and a number.
My work is a diacritic account of the residue of my participation in a system of mass production. Using time as a reference and materials gleaned from my own consumptive habits, the work investigates where private ritual and mass production intersect.
My Work
Vignettes of detritus chronicle what is most important to me as a new father: mindfulness, a sense of nurturing, devotion, love and providing a unique experience for my family by creating a meal. What is also visible, are the remnants of what I try to avoid: the mass produced.
A six, month subscription of a daily newspaper is reduced to individual blocks. Serial production works with the element of time to create a visual comparison of the mass of an item consumed.
I simultaneously assume the roll of consumer, producer, individual and number. Through the examination of what is consumed I hope to spur people to question the roles they play in a system of mass production.
Residency Period: February 1 to April 30, 2005.
Art show with Mike Farruggia: April 22 & 23, 2005.