• My work is a by-product of collecting things arriving from the multitude of objects or images having dropped out of commercial circulation in the world outside. They are constructed of things that have served their intended purpose and have been deemed as obsolete. As I collect these items they become elements playing a role within some larger context for which plans or visuals are missing or incomplete. No longer involved in a system of exchange, I attempt to reconstruct an image of how these things might exist within the frame of a new value structure. They bear resemblances to graphic or built environments, possibly existing in a setting where we’d see signs, billboards, building tops, or open plots of space. They are indications of connected points within space, while simultaneously they are representations of memory and diagrams of mental processes.

  • Memory, in this sense, becomes a tool that shapes the material and informs a way of perceiving what is there. Using this, I attempt to define what these things might possibly be, what they might look like and what they might signify. Often, I am not sure whether they are of my own imagination or if they are informed by something I have seen elsewhere. At this point, something that is only partially recognizable becomes present.

  • The frailty and instability of mental images is echoed in the work physically. Sometimes they are barely able to hold themselves up or lean on walls for support--their potential significance being more important than the summary of their material parts. Ultimately, I want these objects to have a regenerative purpose, to build upon conditions surrounding the scope and scale of the work, as well as indicating towards destinations further beyond.

  • Ian Pedigo