David Isakson
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK
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Beyond the possible connections of dreams to the surrealist process. I feel like often I am interpreting my own work, in a way that is very similar to the interpretation of dreams. I assemble some of the materials that I want to work with, and meditate on these materials while lying in bed, on the objects and, on their interconnectedness. It is in this near dream state that I begin to assemble the sculpture in my head, that I will build the next day. The next day I try to interpret the meaning of this dream state, as a title or subject, for the work. In this way each piece is also an expression of the unconsciousness. In this way is not just a collection of objects, or simply a pure studio practice. I am telling a joke in a foreign language that I am learning to speak. This language is the very stuff of dreams.
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ABOUT DAVID ISAKSON
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I am a small time operator. I find meaning in contrast between opposites. My work is an effort to balance my intellect with my physical skill and craft. I use technology against itself. What I mean to say is that I bring into question modern technology as a point of reference. I bring antiquated technology, telephone parts, stereoscope viewers, antique drills, violins, piano parts ad infinitum into a flux where the humor of the combination of materials begins to create, ex machina, meaning in and of itself. What I am aiming for is pure meaning, and the elements of the deconstruction of this meaning.
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