Living in a time when technology allows us to instantly transmit infinite amounts of information, it seems that every aspect of life and the world around us can be specifically identified, categorized, defined and owned. The methods we rely upon to communicate and navigate through the constant influx of information we encounter on a daily basis fascinate me.  Borrowing visual elements, numbering systems and colors from such things as topographical maps, scientific diagrams, language and computer coding, I revisit an existing model, or create a new way to digest and reflect upon this information.

I utilize silver in my work as a measuring device to contrast other elements with varying hierarchies of cultural value. Traditionally, silver has been used as a means of currency, ornament, and self-adornment. Existing as a material commodity, it represents a trade value as well as an object of status and desire. Its value as a precious metal has been assigned to it in relation to the culture that surrounds and adopts it as a standard of value. By using silver to represent information, or as a connector for materials of less inherent worth, the viewer is encouraged to examine the intrinsic value present in these objects that do not carry such a direct association with an economic value.

While examining the significant influence of communication and the dissemination of information on our culture, I hope to raise the viewer’s acknowledgment of where we place value by composing desirable forms created from data and language.