me:
quiet, composed, and content above the water.
legs paddling frantically below the surface to stay afloat.
you:
quiet, composed, and content above the water.
that’s all i know.
When you look at another being, what do you think about? Chances are the surface dominates your thoughts. When we see the facade of something familiar, we often forget the complexities that exist within. We forget that hopes, dreams, anxieties flood other living beings. We forget about the bones, the tissues, the living breathing cells. We forget the effort that ducks put into floating serenely across the lake.
How does this general unawareness affect our perception of the world and ourselves? Where does the life go when we talk about another’s appearance? If we are not aware of it, does it even exist?
I’d like to ask you a favor: please have an experience with this piece. You may look briefly and walk away, or stand and stare at a single element. You may even feel the need to spend minutes inspecting the placement of every diagnostic scan. Feel free to get up close, to move away. Talk to someone near you, or to no one. Share your thoughts in the notebook below, or choose to keep them private. See if you can discern the place of separation between the surface appearance and the internal occurrence. Maybe you can find it. Maybe then you can explain it to me…
About the Artist:
My name is Fallon Segarra. I am a Biology major, an Art Practice minor, a long-time horse fanatic, and an aspiring equine orthopedic surgeon. I enjoy thinking up conceptual art projects that do not always work out aesthetically, but do always teach me something.
My work tends to be photographic and hand-held. This is my first attempt at anything you cannot put in a carry-on suitcase.
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