Carol Paik - Looking Closely
1h 12m
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Authentic Obsessions
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Carol Paik, a New York based artist, is interested in many different media, but really found meaning working with repurposed textiles. After years of buying expensive and often toxic materials for her work, her goal now is to create art exclusively out of the unappreciated, overlooked, landfill-destined stuff she finds around her, of which there is never a shortage.
She most enjoys taking something that is overlooked, and looking at it closely. Or, taking something too frequently seen, and looking at it slightly differently. She is interested in the emotions that we bring to the things we discard: nostalgia, guilt, desire, and loss, and her goal is to give these objects--and, by extension, ourselves—new possibilities.
During our chat, Carol talked about the idea of leaving a mark without marring a landscape, specifically in relation to her cairn projects, but it got me thinking of that in a broader sense. And she also assured me that sometimes finishing a project is overrated.
photo by Sharon Schuur
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- Ask yourself: Why do I need to do it THAT way?
- Keep your eye on the road because wherever you’re looking is where you’ll end up.
- Take a closer look.
- If you limit yourself, you’ll look at things in a different way.
- Look around for things you can reuse for your projects.
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