Due in large part to technology and social media, we live in a world where we, as individuals, are both increasingly connected to and isolated from each other. In a sense, most everyone, to varying degrees, knows what it feels like to be an outsider. This outsider perspective is what I have come to call "Q Technology."
This series of paintings are inspired by primary source interviews that I conducted to learn how individuals survive and thrive outside of what is considered normative society. The interviews are based on 20 small but difficult questions. The goal is to tap into the collective unconscious of the contemporary outsider.
Here are the questions
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
What is your greatest fear?
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
What is your greatest extravagance?
What is your favorite journey?
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
What is your greatest regret?
When and where were you happiest?
Which talent would you most like to have?
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
What is your most treasured possession?
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
What do you most value in your friends?
Who are your heroes in real life and in fiction?
What is it that you most dislike?
What is a poem/song that is is deeply meaningful to you? Will you read/perform it for me?
Can art ever be useful?
What is your motto?
“Q Loop No 8”
“the "Q" loop No 1”
“the "Q" loop No 9”
“the "Q" loop No 3”
“the "Q" loop No 7”
“the "Q" loop No 5”
