JOSEPH HOWELL SIVILLI
  • Statement
  • CV
  • Works
    • LAV
    • SPOR
    • Beehive Kiln
    • Apple House, Guldagergaard, DK
    • Meet me at 정다방
    • Interchange 2014 - Clayarch Gimhae Museum
    • Infinite Complexity through Infinite Time
    • God Under the Mountain
    • Systema Naturæ
    • The American's Brain
    • Material Oscillation
    • Friendship Surrogate
    • Functional ware
    • Tiles
  • Contact

Statement

I am interested in the process of decay or, more broadly, change. The ways in which nature will adapt and re-align itself when introduced to a transitioning atmosphere. I try to take a dispassionate approach to the longevity of my work, whether it consists of organic matter or not. I seek to challenge our traditional timescale, wherein some object are considered frozen in time, a product of a harsh chemical realignment. On a cosmic timescale, however, matter is shown to be in a constant state or change.

By working in clay, I seek to exploit the material's strong connection to the earth. I want to show that all ceramics, even the ancient fired works of east Asia, will eventually decay and give life to something new. In a sense, it is not decay at all, but an iteration of nature at work. In my work, I seek to speed this process up, illustrating the tug-of-war of physical and biological forces, leading to a paradoxical cycle of creation and destruction.

 

  • Statement
  • CV
  • Works
    • LAV
    • SPOR
    • Beehive Kiln
    • Apple House, Guldagergaard, DK
    • Meet me at 정다방
    • Interchange 2014 - Clayarch Gimhae Museum
    • Infinite Complexity through Infinite Time
    • God Under the Mountain
    • Systema Naturæ
    • The American's Brain
    • Material Oscillation
    • Friendship Surrogate
    • Functional ware
    • Tiles
  • Contact