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“Icarefully cut maps, often in a single six-hour incision,
to provide statements about
relationships. Location, blended with coded cartographic representation, becomes a language of
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Rose Dancer
cut map archivally glued to mat board 30'' x 22''
nostalgia and information. Paris is often a touchstone of romance. Boston might sym- bolize intelligence or perseverance. When these notions are delivered through specific colors and fonts, a subtext is established. A context is supplied by silhouette composi- tion. The precision of the silhouette contour line provides clarity; the obfuscation of the missing interior allows personal insight. Ul- timately the viewer has before her a frozen moment of peculiar possibilities. ‘Unlikely characters come together for a single one- act play’ one critic wrote; it is my hope viewers relate, remember, and consider.”
Scot J. WittMan
