Objects: Entropy and Temporality

• Main Author: Cioe, Anthony
• Format: Others
• Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2008
• Subjects: glass; Arts and Humanities; Fine Arts
• Online Access: http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1602; http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2601&context=etd

The transparent qualities of glass lend to the creation of elements that suggest presence and absence. I often use glass as a surrogate for lost time or space in an object, comparable to the human prosthetic and the notion of a phantom limb. Recent objects of exploration have included broken bottles, fallen tree limbs, and a human skull. The practical knowledge I gained while working in a conservation lab has directly influenced the methodology for treating these objects of disrepair. My primary impetus is a desire to construct what has been lost during an objects existence and reveal sublime qualities. Looking for the spaces in-between things, I create sculpture and installations that transcend static objects beyond their corporeal existence, engage in the process of entropy, and negate it.