"The earliest written records found to date are Mesopotamian stone tablets containing an inventory of possessions. As a possible starting point, it seems logical that accounting should be the springboard for the written word. After all, what is the point of quantifying something, if it can’t be described? How systems of writing further developed to describe our thoughts and feelings is a matter of evidentiary speculation. However, as our current age demonstrates, these advances did not forgo our other need to communicate via sound, form and image. Indeed, as in the past, if you consider the various ways we communicate with each other, it has become a necessity to be able to portray ourselves by all the means that culture generates in order to benefit from being a member of the culture. As a visual metaphor for these demands, I present mass-produced items, found objects, large-scale prints and entertainment gadgets in unexpected ways to play with viewer expectations and suggest those moments of comprehending the changes that are ever occurring. It takes a moment to recognize constituent parts. Then, one discerns the connections. The experience is exploratory, much like an archeologist’s entry into the here-to-fore unknown.
Sally LeLong, 2008
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