Laid Still — Still Archive

This series of photographs continues my focus on the accumulation of everyday, unremarkable domestic objects, alongside simple flowers in waterless vases, amid piles of stuff that has fallen into uselessness and is ready to be discarded. I construct compositions of unrelated things, scaffolded together like a building. I believe memory and cultural relationships are embedded within the commodities we accumulate in our daily lives. These objects retain an aura of “aliveness.” The table alludes to domestic settings, becoming a stage waiting to be activated. Painterly marks are integrated among the objects to bring a sense of handmade into the material language. My relationship with these objects is selective and carries personal resonance. Our possessions speak to us in silent ways, becoming intertwined with personal narratives.