RANDI MATUSHEVITZ : BEYOND SHELTER
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Channel: ERIC MINH SWENSON ART FILMS · 2018 · Education
A new film by Eric Minh Swenson Randi Matushevitz :The goal of my Shoebox Projects Residency was to find the thread that runs through all of my art projects. I connected this residency to my previous installation Conundrum, thinking about cultural fear. I began with the horrors of homelessness and looked deeper into darkness of the other, the invisible and illusions of safety to find that I am interested in pointing to the connective tissue of being human, without race, gender or culture. My ideas evolved as I had real and hard conversations, the tent, my shelter, became a space where all thoughts co-exist. I realized the crux of my artwork is, and has been, to point to human equity. I created this space, where the coexistence of all thought exists, contrarian and temporary, to reflect the nature of life itself. This space is fragile yet strong. It has been constructed, deconstructed and re-organized from cardboard, wallpaper, string, clamps, personal ephemera and phrases that represent the emotional and contrary inner workings of our minds. I cut, punctured, tore, only to tie and clamp the fragments back together. The divisions mimic the physical, social and psychological walls that often divide and separate community and individuals; only to counter these barriers with ideas of commonality, safety, love and joy. This work is my first to focus on viewer engagement. The viewer is prompted to walk through, sit in, add images or phrases to the whole, to recognize shared human experience. For more info on Eric Minh Swenson visit his website at emsartscene.com. EMS Legacy Films is a continuing series of short films produced by EMS on artists and exhibitions. His art films can be seen at https://vimeo.com/channels/76542 Instagram : @ericminhswenson Eric Minh Swenson also covers the international art scene and his writings and photo essays can be seen at Huffington Post Arts : http://m.huffpost.com/us/author/eric-minh-swenson/
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