Jill Wittmann

Work
Inspiration/Description: 

Minimalistic based installation artist such as Janine Antoni, Andy Goldsworthy, and Tracey Emin

Societal boundaries and personal relationships are what motivate me to create work as an attempt to understand the different limits people create because of social influences. Boundaries never truly exist; they are learned from others and can always change. Through creating work about personal experiences, I am better able to understand the world around me in different ways. I would like the viewer to recognize the oddities in social norms, which are usually taken for granted. I engage and challenge my perception of the world by experimenting with materials to create tension between objects. 

Always know the truth but never tell it.

The first thing that comes to mind, do not say it.

Time is truth.

When confronted with a situation, lie.

I bumped my leg and forgot what happened.

The bruise appeared but forgetting and disguising pain was more important.

A veil is thick but fragile.

All experiences are interpretations and a mistake is a distortion of intentionality.

Embarrassment is a misrepresentation of the mistake and the reaction it produces.

I have created boundaries around myself to cope with other people. Internal thoughts can be blended and deformed so that they can be accepted by the external world. Casting a shadow that falls upon another is inevitable. Keeping these personal insecurities and opinions diluted is a way of protecting myself.

Glasses of water collect and fill my nightstand over the days. Sometimes they spill over onto the floor. When I wake up I find myself looking through them. The water distorts my room just as every day experiences distort my view of life. What is left over will effect what is to come. Stains can be unwanted but I have used them as a tool to disguise my true thoughts.