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Homologies
Rina Yoon and John Schuerman
Homology is a term from biology and means the state of having similar structure or form between parts, especially across species that reflect a common ancestry. For example, the wing of a bat, the foreleg of a mouse, and the forearm of a human are homologous .
In this project we honor the simple beauty of sticks. We work slowly -contemplating, meditating, drawing, wrapping, and framing each unique yet related expression from trees across distant territories. We see the similarity of forms from stick to stick, and we create our own homologies. Each stick is replicated (drawing) then it is wrapped in paper coils, and the pair are presented together. The form repeats yet the unique code of each stick is captured in the drawing and in the coiled paper wrapping. Multiple pairs (drawing/wrapped stick) are presented at once to enable consideration of common ancestry. In human timescales our work nearly halts the decay of this natural detritus. Their bodies are manicured and wrapped, preserved for their next life.
The sticks come from two locations –lush Minnesota and arid Arizona. The Minnesota sticks came from the shore of the Mississippi river, their origin somewhere upstream, their identities largely worn away. The Arizona sticks are equally anonymous, weathered by the desert. In this anonymity they represent all sticks, past and present.
Homologies
Rina Yoon and John Schuerman
Homology is a term from biology and means the state of having similar structure or form between parts, especially across species that reflect a common ancestry. For example, the wing of a bat, the foreleg of a mouse, and the forearm of a human are homologous .
In this project we honor the simple beauty of sticks. We work slowly -contemplating, meditating, drawing, wrapping, and framing each unique yet related expression from trees across distant territories. We see the similarity of forms from stick to stick, and we create our own homologies. Each stick is replicated (drawing) then it is wrapped in paper coils, and the pair are presented together. The form repeats yet the unique code of each stick is captured in the drawing and in the coiled paper wrapping. Multiple pairs (drawing/wrapped stick) are presented at once to enable consideration of common ancestry. In human timescales our work nearly halts the decay of this natural detritus. Their bodies are manicured and wrapped, preserved for their next life.
The sticks come from two locations –lush Minnesota and arid Arizona. The Minnesota sticks came from the shore of the Mississippi river, their origin somewhere upstream, their identities largely worn away. The Arizona sticks are equally anonymous, weathered by the desert. In this anonymity they represent all sticks, past and present.