Attentive Artist Statement

So, this is where I'm at with my artist statement.  My hopes are that it adds to my work in the understanding of its intent, adds to the experience just a little bit, makes sense, and flat out doesn't sound stupid.
I sent it to my BFA advisor this morning, and I'm awaiting to hear his response.  Here it is:

            How do we relate to a physical space?  What factors determine our overall perception of that space?  Once we engage with a given perimeter and delve just a little deeper into the various objects and sensations surrounding we cannot help but draw upon conclusions and even possibly begin to form some sort of narrative.

            These conclusions are of course derivative from the accumulation of our individual life experiences making every interpretation varied and unique.  My goal is to create an environment that provides an introverted experience, hence the very deliberate decision to present the work only from the inside and at one viewer at a time.

            At the very least, this experience should be revealing to the viewer about his/herself even in the most miniscule of ways.  Will the viewer feel uncomfortable?  Will the viewer feel intrigued?  Or will the viewer even choose to enter at all, limiting the experience to the blackened outer shell peering through the opening that offers a glimpse to the curious space inside?  Even by choosing not to enter, the viewer has inadvertently engaged in a relationship of sorts with the object due to its imminent size and foreignness to our everyday.

            The inside provides that similar foreignness but with greater intensity and from an isolated point of view.  Exposing the oddities of the everyday by juxtaposing familiar objects and imagery in a way that they wouldn't normally be presented, stultifies virtually everything in the space.  Simultaneously, however, sense can be made as certain elements are not completely unlike something viewers are not use to experiencing.  Sense becomes nonsense and then perhaps back to sense yet again.  It is human nature to try and understand the world around us but some aspects to life are inexplicable and undefined.  This is a truth that we can either confront or avoid but cannot escape.

Christine Karamol 2011