Midwest
Spotlight Artist
Santiago Cucullu
Midwest
Artist Statement
In my work, I use strategies I might bring to making a mixed
tape that asks the question “Can a specific subjective experience
resonate in a shared emotion?” I find that different formal solutions
and materials can coax out a specific overall feeling in the viewer.
This may result in elements appearing to be in opposition to
one another. However, these same elements provide an echo or
remnant of the world around me. I gravitate to places, situations,
and people with whom I’ve had direct experiences, which act as
ruptures or deviations from my own perceptions, understandings,
and expectations. In particular, I am attracted to moments that
push against a well-ordered and static environment. I incorporate
formal decisions that transmit these discrepancies and serve as
evidence of a shifting subjectivity, process, and point of view.
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