Dwell, Sweet Dreams

        Dwell was mostly a restoration project taken over by my love of wood and free objects, this piece is about construction, the order and functionality of an object, and the meanings behind said object. It was cleansed of its many layers of paint, lacquer, and stain, to reveal the maple hidden underneath, The object is then taken out of context sheets are placed over the void in the center and totems are hung from above, to lull the dweller to sleep. Soft light illuminates it from behind sending you into purgatory, an in between dreamscape, a false reality. What has happened to our viewers reality.

Hearing inspirations

          An obvious inspiration for the piece comes from The Nature History of the Senses by Diane Ackermann, Especially the parts about how moods are developed through sound and how tension plays a role in how we perceive sounds.

          A lot of inspiration also came from Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, I have always found it fascinating the way Stanley plays with space and sound, the way he forces your prescriptive to change, making spaces that cannot exist, and continually using noise as cues and ambience, i famous instance of this is how similar the opening sequences theme later matches the sound of Danny riding his tricycle before his encounter in room 237. He also uses forced perspective within the same scene with Danny to show the tension and scale of the building making you feel small, and lost within a maze like building.

• Danny's Tricycle Ride, https://youtu.be/cy7ztJ3NUMI
• Opening Sequence to the Shining, https://youtu.be/TgCejsyS0t8

      Information about forced perspective, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_perspective

Examples of Forced perspective,

  Fluorescent Buzz Example

           

The Natural History of the Senses, Hearing.

         This piece was meant to evoke a certain level of anxiety among the viewers, the piece was essentially a a portion of the art building being walled up, leaving only a little glimpse of what remained inside, a fabricated hallway. The viewer was meant to then become aware of the Fluorescent buzzing in the background and the anticipation of whats next.

Miniature Furniture, Rustico Americana Improv.

Dweller, The inspiration, Aokigahara, The Suicide Forest, The Appalichian Mountains

        Most of my work is mainly inspired by two places the Appalachian Mountains and the Aokigahara Forest of japan, aka the Suicide Forest. Both of these places have birthed various entities into our realm, These places are old, and deep, often steeped in histories we are not aware of. This is where the origin of the Dweller resides within these deep woods. She is the being who oversees those lost within the woods, the scavengers that clean bones, and the deep woods. The Dweller is a being of isolation, and wandering within the woods.

• A Video that kind of explains the Aokigahara Forest, https://youtu.be/4FDSdg09df8.
• An Article on the Appalachian Mountains, http://www.britannica.com/place/Appalachian-Mountains.

Dweller

             Dweller is a tale of one finding home in the oddest places, the piece is meant to show isolation in populated areas, leaving behind the vagueness of adventure, what the adventurer has left behind. The totems hanging around are meant to ward, yet invite the viewer. The smells of the place are an ode to the forest it came from the original dwelling of this thing, who is it?

Inspiration for Dwellest/Dweller, HP LoveCraft.

                 HP Lovecraft's works have always inspired my work, often his focus is the lack of definition of the problem and the lack of resolution that excite my mind. His entities are often an enigma to us living their own lives and devastating ours, things outside of our realm of reality. I enjoy applying these ideas to my own character minus the devastation and hard hits to your sanity.

               Some reading for yah.

• The Lurking Fear, http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/lf.aspx
• The Cats of Ulthar, http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cu.aspx
• The Dunwich Horror, http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dh.aspx
• The Call of Cthulhu, http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/thecallofcthulhu.htm