Artistic Responses to Travel in the Western Tradition by Sarah J. Lippert

Author:Sarah J. Lippert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CAM)
Published: 2018-03-19T00:00:00+00:00

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Figure 6.7 Stephen Cartwright, Mesh 1 and Mesh 2, 2010, acrylic, 23.6 in. × 82.7 in. × 82.7 in. (Mesh 1), 23.6 × 82.7 × 59 in. (Mesh 2). Photographic credit: Courtesy of Stephen Cartwright (own work). Licensing information: Courtesy of the artist.

In my work, diagrams become real objects. They are landscapes of my own invention that are driven by data, but they are fictional landscapes that exist simultaneously with real spaces. The rolling hills on my mesh landscapes do not depict where I live; they reflect how I live. The surface becomes varied, because the routine of modern life is fluid, flexible, and acted on by forces beyond our control. Mileage may be low at certain points, owing to atmospheric or topographic limitations, or, more likely, the requirements of everyday life. I created two surfaces in this Mesh series, one from bicycling mileage data and the other from running mileage. They both show the same influences of weather, landscape, and life, but they also impact each other. The two surfaces are complementary—areas of high cycling mileage on trips correspond to flat areas on the running landscape. They allude to places for which I long from my home in the Midwest. No real places are envisioned; they are just places of fantasy—the rolling sea or endless ridgelines.

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