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I am composed of a constant need for an all-embracing comprehension. I want to always see the other side of the picture. I have the need to make complexities simple by having a firm understanding of basic innate truths and to make art that includes this understanding. These levelheaded and open-eyed views of the world are what I want to share. By using the senses as my tools: emotions, body movements, pressure, weather, gravities effect, affixation, lust, contrasts, loud sounds, and anticipation, I will make art that provides a landscape of desire and comfort. The work I make both relaxes you and stimulates you because the audience is human and responds to hot and cold. Although the individuals in the audience don’t react the same way to these extremes they all do react. This response is my chance to include the complexities of art. I begin at this point to make my art; everything prior to this point is a search for universal comprehension. The art I want to make will have all the complexities of the most obscure dense work but now by using my discoveries, anyone can take it in as a lover. I don’t wish to do away with individuality or cultural differences. The message I have is not to make everyone understand something in the same manner but rather for every person in the room to have a comprehension of the work. Knowing that everyone does come from an extensive and different place I only wish to give them simultaneous enjoyment. I am hopeless at wishing to break the unneeded boundaries between all aspects of life. I have no patience for terms such as elitism, poverty, wealthy, hip, uncool, black, or white. I become annoyed with the mention of feminism, or racism, “Oh, everyone on Seinfeld is Jewish!” It’s human nature to be an advocate for who you are and to support those who are similar to you. And moreover because of how history has thus played out there is reason for certain heritages and groups of people to rise against another. My annoyance stems from the separating eye. There will be racism as long as that word exists. As long as we keep bringing up race we will always be broken apart and segregated. Instead of seeing the differences in the way people perceive things around them I want to feed on the idea that we all have things in common. In these commonalities I will be able to say something to everyone at once. All people tuned into the same frequency at the same time. I attended Massachusetts College of Art and received a BFA in film and video. Although I love the moving image I was never happy with the art I was making and I didn’t figure out what was right for me until the last semester I was in undergrad. I had been painting in the studio for the last two years of my schooling and not until the two fields meshed was I able to begin making the work I was reaching for. The two mediums flopped; I made paintings that moved and videos that stood still. There was a new anxiety in this new work and it made me want to scratch myself but at the same time it was as relaxing as watching a lazy fire blaze. This is the response I want, desire and comfort. Now I had found a medium to make the work I wanted to make. In the past, before I reached the discovery of what I needed to do to satisfy all members of my audience I made art based on stories I had heard, situations I was apart of, theories that sparked me. The telling of these subjects, although very interesting lacked the acceptance I hungered for. I would make a video work, for instance, “The Milgram Project: Obedience”, which is not included in the provided dvd, is a piece I made in 2003. When on completion I got responses that differentiated viewers from one another. I was told to not touch anything that it was perfect how it was; and I was also told to include explanatory text or to re-shoot for narrative clarity. From these opposite reactions I saw upsetting boundaries that my work evoked. This is when I decided to stop making this kind of work and to focus on the goal of over coming differences.
Video paintings and painting with video ensued. I began layering paint on video then recording the paint to put back on to video, I recorded the video then painted from it. I shot video then layered it using Final Cut Pro literally stacking the frames to create one image, one painting as seen in the different stages of “Construction Time”. I condensed time. With this new work I found pressure and anxiety in my imaging. The work I made became an inspiring science, an energy producing fuel. The work I have made since I graduated from Mass Art in May 2004 has been entirely focused on this goal. My video work has turned into a sketchbook of ideas of these emotions and innate states. I believe that I will continually make sketches and never make a masterwork, because I am craving a united perfection that is near impossible. A thing that is perfect for all who view it. The goal is found when I have an unmistakable cleanliness of absolute; an unquestionable realness. A realness to be found in an event, in a happening, in a creation, in an impact, in the moment of a rupture, in longing, in constant pressure, in bliss, in agony, in fear, in lust. Remembering simplicity is what keeps me alive and able to continue searching. When I gain the attention of all of the viewers I don’t want to say anything too dramatic, just something light hearted like a sweet melody whistled in an empty room. I will use as my tools, “truths,” that we know to be, realities and similarities we can share. Emotional responses, pressure from external and internal devices, anticipation and a certain collective constant state among people, objects and forces of nature. These forces will be telling of truths and beauties revealed in my work. Capturing these truths and transforming them into visual metaphors is how I aim to calm and please all that see it. This view of the world’s perfections will make way for artwork with no boundaries, no class, and no elitism.

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			I am composed of a constant need for an all-embracing comprehension. I want to always see the other side of the picture. I have the need to make complexities simple by having a firm understanding of basic innate truths and to make art that includes this understanding. These levelheaded and open-eyed views of the world are what I want to share. By using the senses as my tools: emotions, body movements, pressure, weather, gravities effect, affixation, lust, contrasts, loud sounds, and anticipation, I will make art that provides a landscape of desire and comfort. The work I make both relaxes you and stimulates you because the audience is human and responds to hot and cold. Although the individuals in the audience don’t react the same way to these extremes they all do react. This response is my chance to include the complexities of art. I begin at this point to make my art; everything prior to this point is a search for universal comprehension. The art I want to make will have all the complexities of the most obscure dense work but now by using my discoveries, anyone can take it in as a lover. I don’t wish to do away with individuality or cultural differences. The message I have is not to make everyone understand something in the same manner but rather for every person in the room to have a comprehension of the work. Knowing that everyone does come from an extensive and different place I only wish to give them simultaneous enjoyment. I am hopeless at wishing to break the unneeded boundaries between all aspects of life. I have no patience for terms such as elitism, poverty, wealthy, hip, uncool, black, or white. I become annoyed with the mention of feminism, or racism, “Oh, everyone on Seinfeld is Jewish!” It’s human nature to be an advocate for who you are and to support those who are similar to you. And moreover because of how history has thus played out there is reason for certain heritages and groups of people to rise against another. My annoyance stems from the separating eye. There will be racism as long as that word exists. As long as we keep bringing up race we will always be broken apart and segregated. Instead of seeing the differences in the way people perceive things around them I want to feed on the idea that we all have things in common. In these commonalities I will be able to say something to everyone at once. All people tuned into the same frequency at the same time. I attended Massachusetts College of Art and received a BFA in film and video. Although I love the moving image I was never happy with the art I was making and I didn’t figure out what was right for me until the last semester I was in undergrad. I had been painting in the studio for the last two years of my schooling and not until the two fields meshed was I able to begin making the work I was reaching for. The two mediums flopped; I made paintings that moved and videos that stood still. There was a new anxiety in this new work and it made me want to scratch myself but at the same time it was as relaxing as watching a lazy fire blaze. This is the response I want, desire and comfort. Now I had found a medium to make the work I wanted to make. In the past, before I reached the discovery of what I needed to do to satisfy all members of my audience I made art based on stories I had heard, situations I was apart of, theories that sparked me. The telling of these subjects, although very interesting lacked the acceptance I hungered for. I would make a video work, for instance, “The Milgram Project: Obedience”, which is not included in the provided dvd, is a piece I made in 2003. When on completion I got responses that differentiated viewers from one another. I was told to not touch anything that it was perfect how it was; and I was also told to include explanatory text or to re-shoot for narrative clarity. From these opposite reactions I saw upsetting boundaries that my work evoked. This is when I decided to stop making this kind of work and to focus on the goal of over coming differences. Video paintings and painting with video ensued. I began layering paint on video then recording the paint to put back on to video, I recorded the video then painted from it. I shot video then layered it using Final Cut Pro literally stacking the frames to create one image, one painting as seen in the different stages of “Construction Time”. I condensed time. With this new work I found pressure and anxiety in my imaging. The work I made became an inspiring science, an energy producing fuel. The work I have made since I graduated from Mass Art in May 2004 has been entirely focused on this goal. My video work has turned into a sketchbook of ideas of these emotions and innate states. I believe that I will continually make sketches and never make a masterwork, because I am craving a united perfection that is near impossible. A thing that is perfect for all who view it. The goal is found when I have an unmistakable cleanliness of absolute; an unquestionable realness. A realness to be found in an event, in a happening, in a creation, in an impact, in the moment of a rupture, in longing, in constant pressure, in bliss, in agony, in fear, in lust. Remembering simplicity is what keeps me alive and able to continue searching. When I gain the attention of all of the viewers I don’t want to say anything too dramatic, just something light hearted like a sweet melody whistled in an empty room. I will use as my tools, “truths,” that we know to be, realities and similarities we can share. Emotional responses, pressure from external and internal devices, anticipation and a certain collective constant state among people, objects and forces of nature. These forces will be telling of truths and beauties revealed in my work. Capturing these truths and transforming them into visual metaphors is how I aim to calm and please all that see it. This view of the world’s perfections will make way for artwork with no boundaries, no class, and no elitism.	my name is eileen i'm a capricorn i've been told i make things ok. so thats me personally. i have a cat whose name is rita who i got from a friend, and if you sleep at my house she'll lick your face as you sleep. that's me just by knowing me briefly. i teach and do freelance editing for music videos and whatever is thrown my way, that is if it wets my palette.

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