MY NEXT BREATH IS IN YOUR LUNGS. . . IS A SOUND AND LIGHT INSTALLATION IS COMPRISED OF EIGHT AUDIO PIECES OR “SOUND PORTRAITS” EACH CONTAINING THE SOUND OF A DIFFERENT PERSON BREATHING. EPHEMERALITY FOR CONCERNING BELONGING.
FROM AFAR IT APPEARS THERE IS NOTHING ON THE WALLS, BUT AS ONE APPROACHES, THE SOUND OF INHALING AND EXHALING BECOMES AUDIBLE. SPOTLIGHTS ILLUMINATE THE SOUNDS EMBEDDED IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MUSEUM ANIMATING ITS STRUCTURE. 
BREATHING IS AN ACTION THAT EVERY HUMAN PERFORMS AND IS REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN LIFE. ALTHOUGH EACH PERSON IS UNIQUE WE ARE ALL FUNDAMENTALLY THE SAME. THE BREATH HELPS US CONNECT TO OUR UNIVERSAL HUMAN EXPERIENCE. THIS PROJECT GIVES VOICE TO WHAT IS INVISIBLE AND DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE WALLS BETWEEN US. AN IDEA SO PROFOUND IN ITS SIMPLICITY
THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT IS EQUALLY MATCHED BY THE PARTICIPATION INVOLVED IN “SEEING” THE PORTRAIT. THE PORTRAIT WE HAVE SO BECOME USED TO SEEING AS A REPRESENTATION OF A PERSON, OR A LIKENESS OF, A STATUS OF PRESTIGE AND ASPIRATION. THESE SOUND PORTRAITS THROW THOSE CONVENTIONS TO THE WAYSIDE, CONVEYING THE ESSENCE OF THE SOUL STRIPPED BARE IN REAL TIME. ELIMINATING THE PRETEXT OF STIGMA, CONNECTED TO RACE, NATIONALITY, & CLASS, LEAVING ONLY THE BREATH REMAINING.
A WORLD OF PRECONCEPTIONS OFTEN BLIND US FROM SEEING THE REALITY IN FRONT OF US. THESE PORTRAITS DEMAND ENGAGEMENT, AND A LEVEL OF INTIMACY MOST WOULD BE AFRAID TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY. CONNECTING WITH THE WORKS CAUSES A FASCINATING SYNCHRONIZATION AS YOU BEGIN TO MIRROR THE BREATHING YOU ARE EXPERIENCING, CREATING INTIMACY THROUGH EMPATHY. WHO THOUGHT THAT AN INVISIBLE PORTRAIT COULD BE SO REVEALING?
THE ART OF THE EMPATHIC
23 Aug
LEO LOVES THE SPOTLIGHT
10 Aug
LEO TAKES ITS TURN IN THE SPOTLIGHT, REPRESENTING THE PERIOD IN LIFE OF 28-35, THE LEO PERSONALITY CAN BE LIKENED TO THE MATURE ADULT BRINGING THE FULL FORCE OF THEIR PERSONALITY TO BEAR ON THE WORLD. LEOS LOVE TO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE FELT AMONGST FAMILY & FRIENDS THROUGH THEIR GRAND GESTURES.
LEOS LOVE TO BE ADMIRED, NOT ONLY FOR THEIR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE BUT ALSO FOR WHAT THEY DO. OFTEN NATURAL LEADERS, THEY WILL REVEL IN EXEMPLIFYING THE BEST TRAITS OF THE GROUP THEY REPRESENT, WHETHER, FAMILY, SOCIAL OR POLITICAL. THE FAITHFULNESS OF A LEO IS LEGENDARY, A LEO WILL DEFEND FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND MATES TO THE END, SO BE WARNED!
THE LEO I PERIOD TAKES AUTHORITY AS ITS CENTRAL IMAGE. THIS PERIOD CAN BE LIKENED TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MATURE ADULT LIFE AS AN INDIVIDUAL TURNS THIRTY. CONFIDENCE CAN RUN HIGH AT THIS POINT IF THE DOUBTS AND UNCERTAINTY OF THE FIRST SATURN RETURN (AGE 28 or 29) HAVE BEEN RESOLVED. BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING ONESELF AS AN AUTHORITY IN A GIVEN FIELD CAN BE A FOCUS AT THIS TIME AND AN ABSORBING TASK. THE DAYS WHICH COMPRISE LEO I SYMBOLICALLY REVEAL THE MATURE ADULT DEVELOPING A TRULY ORIGINAL STYLE, THESE LEOS ARE AMONG THE MOST POWERFULLY AUTHORITATIVE OF THE YEAR.
THE LEO II IS ALL ABOUT BALANCED STRENGTH, THIS PERIOD CAN BE LIKENED TO A TIME IN A PERSON’S ADULT YEARS WHEN THE NEED TO ADOPT A HEROIC, PROTECTIVE, OR NURTURING STANCE COMES TO THE FORE. USUALLY SUCH A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY EMERGES IN FAMILY SITUATIONS OR IN WORK WITH SOCIAL GROUPS. ASSUMING A SUITABLE POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND TEN FULFILLING THE ROLE REQUIRED IS IMPORTANT AT THIS JUNCTURE, AND TO THAT EXTENT TAKING LIFE SERIOUSLY. THUS, DEMONSTRATING THE COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR CONVICTIONS AND REFUSING TO FORSAKE IDEALS REGARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCES ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE LEO II
THE LEO III PERIOD TAKES LEADERSHIP AS ITS CENTRAL IMAGE. THIS PERIOD CAN BE LIKENED TO TA TIME IN THE PRIME OF A PERSON’S LIFE WHERE THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE, ENTHUSIASM AND KNOWLEDGE CAN OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKE THAT PERSON A STRONG CANDIDATE FOR POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY. SUCH A LEADERSHIP ROLE MAY BE A PROVING GROUND FOR ASSUMING EVEN GREATER ROLES OF THIS SORT IN LATER YEARS. LEO III PEOPLE ARE BORN LEADERS, WHO OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES WORKING IN THE CAUSE OF SOME HIGH IDEAL OR SERVICE. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE LEO
AUGUSTS HERE, HALFWAY POINT OF THE YEAR, TIME FOR JOY & CHEER
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