Statement from the artist:

This installation brings together weathered objects and photographs that speak to temporality and impermanence, but also to resilience and reimagining. The work reflects on what fades and what endures, and how meaning shifts over time.

The process begins with the gathering of everyday, normally discarded objects, such as rusted paint cans, obsolete cables, and faded artificial flowers. They are placed onto large color photographs that may depict the objects themselves, other found objects or surfaces, or enlarged historical portraits. Many of the images and objects are quiet memorials to loved ones or past life stages, while others are chosen intuitively, guided by a felt connection rather than logic. These assemblages are placed outdoors to weather for extended periods of time. As the rain and sun bleach the uncovered areas, and rust and detritus adhere to the surfaces, unexpected compositions emerge from an interplay of intention and chance.

Once altered but not yet deteriorated, the photographs and objects are returned to the studio to be reconfigured for the gallery space, where walls, floors, and corners can be used to explore relationships and juxtapositions. While there is an underlying sense of loss and decay inherent in the process, the combinations can also be playful, such as a coil or cable extending directly out of the print and into the wall, blurring boundaries between image and object.

The title Time and Again speaks to the cyclical nature of the work and the ongoing conversation with its evolving forms. It also gestures toward this moment where the installation is temporarily in a fixed space for others to engage with—here, now, in this time.