Idumea 6678,47bb (Witch Eye I) , Marble and metal, 2023.
Jeremy Tarr
Idumea 6678,47bb (Witch Eye I) seeks to mythologize the debris that composes the post-industrial American landscape, thus elevating them to a position of veneration. These objects, derived from the flora of what is now the expanding post-industry, are the remains of a terrain where the sublimity of the landscape has been altered by human-kind. In this work, the recovered object is given an aura of holiness through both its christening and the offering of a historical framework for its presence. The object becomes a symbol for healing and safety, a gift to guide those lost safely home: to see what was or expose hidden dangers. The mythos built around the object blurs the line between fictional and embodied memory, questioning who has the power to generate meaning and inviting the possibilities of an icon that might push through the past, into the present and toward a future for the lower-class.