The past two years have been, to put it simply, a blur. Mediatic terms like èpisteme and echo chambers found their foothold as global shifts, local reckonings, and dorm-room silences filled our collective existence. Our minds raced with thoughts, ideas, images and, most importantly, emotions which would embed themselves into our artwork.
This past year, in particular, marked an interesting challenge. We yearned for others to converse with — to create with — whether through the inescapable medium of Zoom™ or punctuated face-to-face periods between the crests of the pandemic. Despite the awkward moments learning how to participate in breakout rooms or, more recently, participate within the confines of one singular room once again, we recognized that learning from each other — hearing from each other and sharing with one another — was the only way we’d figure out where to go from here.