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Erosion Series statement
"We are often unaware of the gradual decline and the erosion in our lives but not unaware of the gnawing feeling it brings.” – Eric Timm, Static Jedi: The Art of Hearing God Through the Noise
These images, collectively titled Erosion, were captured on a beach in Costa Rica. There, the ocean rearranges the shore wave by wave. Any log, small rock or leaf on the beach creates a fracture, drawing the sand into shapes of a tree, a figure, an abstract image.
On that beach, I spent fragments of time with “gnawing feelings” about changes in the fabric of my life: my last physical tie to my birthplace with a property sale; the profoundly painful wrenching away of a friend’s voice with her passing.
The dynamic deposition and erosion on the beach were a soothing reminder of
life rhythms and the integration of love and loss.
Sand, used for centuries as a measurement of time, changed minute by minute, the same way we artificially measure love and loss in our everyday life. Both simply shift.
Photography for me is always a quest to capture time. By documenting a single moment, I can create a new story or representation of a memory. The Erosion series is one result.
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Jenny Carey (b. 1954)
Erosion #1, #2, #3 (left to right), 2019
framed photographs, archival pigment prints
17 x 20 in.
Gift of the artist, 2023.9.1, 2023.9.2, 2023.9.3
These images, collectively titled Erosion, were captured on a beach in Costa Rica. There, the ocean rearranges the shore wave by wave. Any log, small rock or leaf on the beach creates a fracture, drawing the sand into shapes of a tree, a figure, an abstract image.
Referencing these works in her Oral History Interview Carey states: “What you see in these works, which can appear to the viewer like a drawing instead of a photograph, are the waves unearthing some of the black sand from the beach next door. The tide then left these shapes, figures, and images in the sand, and I started noticing them.”
This work of art is a part of the HCC Permanent Art Collection. The HCC Art Galleries, through their Campus Loan Outreach Program, seek to share original art by collecting a diversity of works for the education and enjoyment of the HCC Community.