To live in our present human society means a daily
engagement with hurriedness, whether emanating from our own itinerant drives or
transferred upon us by the seeming direness of others’ rushing. Moments shuttle
by us as we attempt to trace a narrative thread in the day’s events. Streams of
information pour into us, are processed with varying degrees of success, and
pass either into thin air or memory just as swiftly as the next stream can race
into contact with our senses.
It is within our power, however, to change how we react to
this pacing. In my piece, “Holding Still”, the relentless forward flight of a
passenger train stands-in as metaphor for the existence described above. When
an attentive face breaks from the crowd—pausing in its daily rush from
point-to-point—it comes into focus, and the present moment resolves with new
clarity. Stillness of body further calms the scene, a direct opposition to the
emphasis interactive art often places on inciting motion. This interaction is
simple: I invite you not to act, but pause, and be.
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