Auction #14: Data, Recollection, and Identity

November 14th, 2009

[redacted] (series of 4) by Kristin Ross[redacted] (series of 4)
by Kristin Ross

Mixed media art bookmarks with china marker, acrylic paint, original writing, duct tape, and glaze.

Based On:
“Valentines” by Shira Lipkin

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For a tiny bit of introduction, I’m a freelance writer with a painting and crafting habit. I’ve been working with a lot of collage art lately, but Shira Lipkin’s story “Valentines” inspired these four pieces with all original components. The series of four bookmarks is called [redacted]. Lipkin’s story features a narrator desperately trying to catalogue information and my art centers around that idea, as well. I really connected with this theme; in our modern existence, we’re overwhelmed with information every waking moment and we’re constantly logging and processing it. In the bookmarks, the writing comes straight from my journal the day I put myself into the character’s shoes. The finished product represents the problems with memory Lipkin’s narrator struggles with and how both data and recollection can have a shattering effect on one’s identity.

Kristin Ross

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3 Responses to “Auction #14: Data, Recollection, and Identity”

  1. Shira Lipkin on November 15, 2009 12:12 am

    I love that Kristin kept a journal in character – and that she saw how difficult it is to process the amount of information we get bombarded with on a daily basis! That’s only more difficult with a broken brain. It’s exciting to me when people who don’t know me really *get* the story.

  2. Chandra Peltier on November 15, 2009 4:30 pm

    This looks like a piece that would be fascinating to peruse as another layer to the original story. I love the interactive nature of this, and strikes me as a possible future interstitial direction of the union of art and text.

  3. Kristin Ross on November 20, 2009 7:31 pm

    Thank you both for your kind words! Glad to be able to help a great cause and I was honored to create a work of art based on Shira’s wonderful story!

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