Kristina Lewis
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Hard Stack, 2017
Hydrocal, fiberglass, pigment, epoxy clay, wood, acrylic, varnish
15" x 7" x 2"
I begin each project by investigating a utilitarian object that no longer functions as intended. Either the item is already obsolete, broken and abandoned-or I break it myself. In this way, I disassociate the object from habitual ways of relating to it. Reconstructing it based on innate characteristics-I attempt to defamiliarize and confuse myself (as well as my audience) in order to reset its value, a value that is usually abstract or impalpable.
In the "Heavy Foam" series, I start with foam inserts (polystyrene, polyethylene, etc.), which have been purposefully designed to coddle electronics, appliances and other delicate items for safe transport. Because these materials only exist for the objects they're built to protect, they are discarded once the valued item is removed. Curtailing this cycle of obsolescence, I re-cast them using gypsum cement, supplanting their airy disposability with weight and reframing them as objects in themselves.
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