ARTIST STATEMENT
Maybe it is the way a red Ferrari, smeared by speed, passes you on a lonely highway; or perhaps the way your first kiss is embedded deeply into the fabric of your memory; or simply how a little girl’s pigtails bounce erratically as she skips down the street grasping her mother’s hand: Our lives are written not in a continuous timeline, but in discrete moments that pierce, exhilarate or overwhelm us. Ultimately it is these punctuating moments that define us, as they are what become etched into our memories.
Questioning how we can slow down and fully experience the moment in our current culture with its industrious notions of time, I explore the ways in which our increased ability for connection digitally has made it seemingly easier to stay connected, but has at the same time facilitated disconnection: we email waiting in line for our coffee; talk on our cell phone to our family as we rush to work; and then we have virtual relationships with people who have virtual names and identities. I want to know what experiences transcend this hurried pace. For my investigations, I primarily use the medium of video because its intrinsic incorporeal properties resonate with my studies of time and intimacy in our digital age.
Questioning how we can slow down and fully experience the moment in our current culture with its industrious notions of time, I explore the ways in which our increased ability for connection digitally has made it seemingly easier to stay connected, but has at the same time facilitated disconnection: we email waiting in line for our coffee; talk on our cell phone to our family as we rush to work; and then we have virtual relationships with people who have virtual names and identities. I want to know what experiences transcend this hurried pace. For my investigations, I primarily use the medium of video because its intrinsic incorporeal properties resonate with my studies of time and intimacy in our digital age.
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Washington, D.C., Cynthia Randolph received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture, with an elective in Photography, from Cranbrook Academy of Art and her Bachelor of Science degree in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with minors in Creative Writing, Psychology and Fine Art. In 2006 she was the recipient of a Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant. Her creative writing has been published and her visual work is included in numerous private collections. She has exhibited throughout the United States and abroad; and lives and works in San Francisco, California.
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