Newspaper Cuts > Kenosis

Detail
2014
Syria Crisis Deepens, March 18, 2014, A6
de-acidified New York Times
2014
Detail
2014
Detail
2014
political, obsessive, cut paper, newspaper
erased and excised New York Times half sheet
22"x12"
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper, newspaper
erased and excised New York Times half sheet
22"x12"
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper, newspaper
erased and excised New York Times half sheet
22"x12"
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper, newspaper
erased and excised New York Times half sheet
22"x12"
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper newspaper pieces
erased and excised New York Times half sheets, maple frames with UV glass, maple and glass shelves with removed newspaper content
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper newspaper pieces
erased and excised New York Times half sheet, hand-built maple shadow box with UV glass, maple and glass shelf with removed newspaper content
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper newspaper pieces
erased and excised New York Times half sheet
18.25”x28.5” framed
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper newspaper pieces
erased and excised New York Times half sheet
18.25”x28.5” framed
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper newspaper pieces
erased and excised New York Times half sheet
18.25”x28.5” framed
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper newspaper pieces
erased and excised New York Times half sheet
18.25”x28.5” framed
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper newspaper pieces
erased and excised New York Times half sheet
18.25”x28.5” framed
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper newspaper pieces
erased and excised New York Times half sheet
18.25”x28.5” framed
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper newspaper pieces
erased and excised New York Times half sheet
18.25”x28.5” framed
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper newspaper pieces
erased and excised New York Times half sheet
18.25”x28.5” framed
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper, newspaper
erased and excised New York Times half sheet
22"x12"
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper, newspaper
erased and excised New York Times half sheet
22"x12"
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper newspaper pieces
erased, excised and reconfigured New York Times, polymer
11.75”x 38”
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper newspaper pieces
erased, excised and reconfigured New York Times, polymer
11.75”x 38”
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper newspaper pieces
erased, excised and reconfigured New York Times, polymer
11.75”x 39”
2011
political, obsessive, cut paper newspaper pieces
erased, excised and reconfigured New York Times, polymer
11.75”x 39”
2011

Kenosis is an ancient Greek noun for emptiness or an emptying. In my project Kenosis, I utilize the erasure and excision of the New York Times Newspaper to elicit a sacred experience of the everyday. By physically removing content, I make space for what has been censored in media as well as what is lost in the translation of experience into words. I source ancient narrative formats such as commemorative paper cutting, illuminated manuscripts, medieval musical scores and stained glass - formal foils for the speed of current events. The acidic nature of newspaper and its rapid shift in color aids the association of time passing, highlighting the fragility of the page and the immanent dissolution of print. My process of Kensosis functions as a ritualistic act of beauty to address the deficits of human ingenuity.