All Saints Fall

2024

2 6x4in inkjet photographs - diptych

`All Saints Fall is a work about tradition and disruption.  There is an inherent tension between the scared and the mundane; within these two black and white photographs that tension erupts in the fall and elegant rest of a wooden chair.  The chairs themselves serve as symbols of tradition. They speak to education, religion, and community halls, carrying shared experiences and communal history.  If you grew up on these wooden structures, there is an understanding that comfort was sacrificed for functionality. The chairs, though seemingly mundane, hold memories. 

There is an undercurrent of violence in this work. A chair is thrown from its aligned position and exposes itself.  A gesture to chaos.  A physical disruption of the chair and a metaphorical disruption of institutional structures they represent. The title rings the dreary bells of a demise – one we all face, and a stoic resilience hidden within.