systems;

Objective:

The challenge was to create a self referential portfolio of the given word "Systems" with a restriction of one parameter which drives the whole portfolio. And the chosen parameter was line.

Size: 9 cm x 9 cm

Components: Sculpture, booklet

Materials: Various 

Created: Spring 2008

Artist Statement:

My line of thought
is as follows
its
a form
a system
made of sub systems
of a circuit
of a memory board
of pages
of words
of a pencil
of a battery
of a switch
to be switched on
when needed
when I am in
a state of mind
the energy flows
through a channel
of thoughts
that generate
in a line
or
a series of lines
which are infinite
I randomly
write
my words
my inspirations
distributed
in the source
of my thinking system
my sketch book

fiction;

Objective:

The Challenge was to create a self referential portfolio of the given word "Fiction". With the restriction of a parameter that drives the whole portfolio. And the chosen parameter here was color.

Description:

A leather case found in the pocket of a wandering charlatan, composed and distilled by an alchemist in the form of color. The colors represent my life, my soul, my skin, my eyes, my mind, my hairline, my garment, and my beauty. All to be gathered from my land as portrayed within the case to transform into my figure.

Size: 19 cm x 11.5 cm

Components: A leather case

Printing: Ink-jet

Material: Leather, cartridge  paper

Created: Spring 2008

Artist Statement:

In the Arabian land
Of seven kingdoms
Her eight colors are found
The green, the blue, the red,
the yellow, the brown, the black
the gold , the white
all to be gathered
at noon, in the dawn
or in the absence of hours
they all form her figure
only the green, the blue
the red, the yellow, the brown,
the black, the gold, the white
and not another color.
Grasp,
A droplet of the blue
A pinch of the yellow
Obtain,
A fragment of the gold
A part from the black
Gather
A word from the white
A piece from the green
Assemble
A slice from the red
A tip from the brown
All to blend
To make her soul,
Her skin, her eyes,
Her garment, her mind
Her life, her beauty,
Her hairline.
And repeat those words
Colors of wonder
Colors of power
Increase in potency
by minute & hour
I conjure you now
I charge you with strength
I give you life of infinite length
& boundless magical energy
As I will, charged you be
Transform me into reem