MAGGIE HAZEN

I PLACE, ORGANIZE AND ORDER INDIVIDUALLY CONSTRUCTED, REPETITIVE OBJECTS IN TURN TO FORM PATTERNS THAT HINGE ON THE SEMINAL IDEALS OF NON-EXISTENT SOCIETIES. DESCRIBING, THROUGH THE USE OF REPETITIVE MINIATURE FORMS, THE VISUAL DETAILS OF LOCATIONS IN BOTH TIME AND SPACE IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL SOCIALLY DREAMS.


IN CITIES, PANDEMONIUM RESULTS FROM FAULTY URBAN PLANNING, MOMENTS OF ABUSE ELICIT SOCIAL UNREST, INDUSTRIAL COERCION AND ERRONEOUS LAND DISTRIBUTION HAVE ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE NEED FOR HUMANS TO INTERNALLY CONSTRUCT UTOPIAN VISIONS; A PLIGHT THAT HAS LONG CAPTIVATED THE MINDS OF MISCREANTS AND HEROES--AND NOW, NAMELY MINE.


IN NATURE, THE RESPONSE TO CATACLYSMIC INTERRUPTION IS SYSTEMATIC, A DISTURBED LIVER RE-GROWS ITS CELLS, EXPLODING ORGANIC MATTER EXPANDS TO FABRICATE THE UNIVERSE AND A VOLCANO DEVELOPS THE LAND THAT EVENTUALLY SUSTAINS OUR CITIES. OBJECTS AND MATTER ASSIMILATE, GROW AND FIT TOGETHER IN SEAMLESS PATTERNS THROUGH THE MOTION OF REPETITION IN ORDER TO BUILD ITS OWN NETWORKS AND AGGLOMERATIONS.


MY STRUCTURES AND DIVERSE USE OF MATERIALS WEAVE TOGETHER THE HUMANLY BUILT PLACE WITH PRE-EXISTING BORDERS: COASTLINES AND RIVERS, WALLS AND CHECKPOINTS AND IT IS WITHIN THESE BOARDERS UPON WHICH SOCIETY SITS AND INTUITIVELY MIMICS. THESE WORKS ARE CONCEPTS COMPOSED AS A RESULT OF ASSIDUOUS OBSERVATION OF THE PRESENT DISORDER IN OUR SOCIAL AND VISUAL FRAMES. THEY ARE SYSTEMS OF POLITY, URBAN PLANS MIXED WITH EXPERIMENTS OF MANUAL CONSTRUCTION, ON AN EXPLORATION SPANNING FROM WHAT IS ACTUALIZED IN THE PHYSICAL PRESENT, TO IDEAS OF HYPERREALISM IN VERSIONS OF DIGITALIZED AND IMAGINED UTOPIA.