Artists: Shen Chen Hsieh x Lillian Fitzpatrick

Project Statement: This is a collection of small viewing frames. Each ceramic frame contains a mixed media piece utililizing photos, plastic, handmade paper, ink drawings, peridot stones, rawhide, etc. For viewing, the frames are placed in pairs combining dissimilar, highly contrasting images. Stereoscopic glasses are used to look closely into each pair. A viewer should adjust the distance between their face and the glasses until the images within the pair of separate frames appear to overlap as one. Because the images are dissimilar, and one eye is dominant, each image will flash in and out of focus as the eyes try to combine what each is seeing into one unified image. A collage haphazardly forms and exists only in the viewer’s mind. Through this project, we aim to convey the sense of incongruity that comes with being in a place but feeling out of place.