A STATEMENT ON THE ONE-LINER
Open AccessThis thesis is an extended artist statement that addresses work created during the second year of the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program at George Washington University. It uses historical models set up by experimental musician John Cage and conceptual artist Douglas Huebler as reference points for exploring lines and one-liners. The formal element of the line is used as a connecting motif throughout the work. It is investigated through installation work that uses already existing materials, such as library books and a double-sided chalkboard. The line is also investigated through performance-based works, in which the artist finds traces of lines in green fields to walk along. Using the formal element of the line as a foundation, the work also literally and conceptually explores the idea of the one-liner, as a self-referential entity that is what it is. Site-specific works address the one-liner in this way. By using found imperfections within a space as ready-made one-liners, the work goes on to form associations with cartographic locations, as literal representations of space. Through an examination of lines and one-liners, the work attempts to shift our perception, by highlighting the near-nothings of everyday life.
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