Place and Parable
Stories carry the unique potential to relay information, emotion, history, and creativity. The locations in which we exist bear with them the narratives of their inhabitants, both real and imaginary. It is through these stories that we better understand our complicated histories, beliefs, encounters, and, inevitably, ourselves. Through the legends of our locales, we can experience both the history and imagination of the past.
I look at the stories surrounding each unique location, breaking the tales down into two categories: “history” or “mythology.” I transform my drawing space into a diptych, presenting one half with a fair representation of the location, and the other half as a presentation of the whimsical or frightful tales of the site. My graphic, detailed approach to each side allows the history and mythology to flow into each other, blurring the line between the known and the unknown.
Each image relays a unique environment, ranging from desolate empty prisons to gilded theaters. These locations are transformed, portraying some of the narratives associated with the individual locale, both factual and fanciful. It is through the juxtaposition between “what is” and “what can be” that history and mythology meld together, allowing us to the view the wonder of the known and unknown of the past.
I look at the stories surrounding each unique location, breaking the tales down into two categories: “history” or “mythology.” I transform my drawing space into a diptych, presenting one half with a fair representation of the location, and the other half as a presentation of the whimsical or frightful tales of the site. My graphic, detailed approach to each side allows the history and mythology to flow into each other, blurring the line between the known and the unknown.
Each image relays a unique environment, ranging from desolate empty prisons to gilded theaters. These locations are transformed, portraying some of the narratives associated with the individual locale, both factual and fanciful. It is through the juxtaposition between “what is” and “what can be” that history and mythology meld together, allowing us to the view the wonder of the known and unknown of the past.
