Grounded

2024

Grounded explores the tension between tedium and creativity, reclaiming the aesthetics of the mundane. Casts of latex paint cure over weeks in the mold, embodying the deliberate labor and patience once intrinsic to a pre-digital existence. This slow, repetitive process mirrors the unhurried pace of growing up in a pre-internet world, where boredom served as fertile ground for curiosity and invention, like watching paint dry…