EMPTY FEAST
This year has been disruptive for all arts, visual and performance. Like many artists I found myself having to regroup and reinvent. Both the size and presentation of Empty Feast; installation and adjoining work, was upended. The intended exhibition space was closed for the unforeseeable future. In reimagining the work it in turn began to mirror the experiences of the world at large. The process of reinterpreting the work opened up the opportunity to allow the installation to be in isolation as if in situ. Natural settings as well as structural spaces posed equal possibilities. The installation could change with each environment presenting less of a melancholic moment and more of a feeling of peacefulness. Until the world finds it’s self on the other side of separations and partitioning the work will move to each new ecosystem. The virtual presentations will continue to be presented until the installation in whole can be shared with a collective audience.
EMPTY FEAST : the old tree https://www.instagram.com/p/CHL6SA0hWhG/?igshid=1rkuryirfgs5f
EMPTY FEAST : a small place https://www.instagram.com/p/CHlrZ2ph-uC/?igshid=nsloel57gesj
Empty Feast embodies works about marking time and understanding our place in time. To maintain our sustenance we have to use our ability to heal ourselves and our relationship to one another and to the world. Our world is continually changing, cultural and societal movements are in constant flux. During our time here we have to decide what side of that change we want to be on. We have to keep questioning our roll in society, the importance, validity, and responsibility. But first we have to pause, stand in silence and listen to what is inside.
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“A Textual Sense” – Sophia Valdez
A Reflection on Empty Feast
Although many of the pieces in the series Empty Feast are based on woven and layered objects, a consistent thread throughout Hartmann’s body of work is the strength of the written word.
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Empty Feast was made possible by support from RACC Project Grant.
Special thanks to EIEIO & Company Wines