Statement

Jayne Struble’s work incorporates sculpture and video into site-specific works that investigate the way visual artifacts, such as video or images, are tangible yet fragile representations of our memories. By layering together heavily labored drawings with videos that encapsulate fleeting transitional moments taken from everyday moments of observation, the work is an attempt to chronicle memories that might have existed.

Pixels, like dust, are accumulations of history that remain behind in insignificantly large numbers. This dust, either physically or within our memory, can be left untouched and eventually conceals or can be frequently disturbed by returned visitation. This repetition forms a wide-open familiar path while others become over grown and impassable. The choice between memorial and ruin can be made either consciously or without intention; Struble chooses to obsess on the thoughtlessly forgotten or what will be destroyed without consideration. While structural destinations are often our focus, the path and the piles of details along it are what preoccupy Struble’s work. By using the natural elements that surround us as subject, such as snow, leaves and fallen branches, Struble memorializes what will inevitably change, die and disappear possibly for a season or for a lifetime. Struble moves, applies and manipulates these accumulations through graphite drawings, which incorporate video, performance and objects. When change is inevitable, embracing the digital world’s ability to stop, slow down and replay the subtle beauty found in nature might eventually be the only way to remember what has been lost- a memorial that hopefully is never needed.