You Are Where You Sit

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June 22-August 10, 2012

Tom Shields: You Are Where You Sit

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These chairs are being used as a metaphor for people, and through that metaphor and their arrangements I am exploring the ways in which people interact. People and emotions are things that can never be predicted or controlled and for all we attempt to organize and structure these interactions they are filled with chaos and struggle. The ways in which I arrange the...

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Tom Shields: You Are Where You Sit

Wood

These chairs are being used as a metaphor for people, and through that metaphor and their arrangements I am exploring the ways in which people interact. People and emotions are things that can never be predicted or controlled and for all we attempt to organize and structure these interactions they are filled with chaos and struggle. The ways in which I arrange the stories/chairs I cull from other people’s garbage reflect the complexities of the inter-personal systems we construct around ourselves every day. Chairs built into chairs speak of dependence; a chair with legs held off the ground but held by another talks of support. Chairs clustered so tight that the intricacies become overwhelming explore the complexities of a group.

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