Carol Elkovich
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
effective in expressing the complex concepts I examine . For example , my installation sculptures grew to become hybridized with painting and had physical depth . The works evolved into Viral Theories installations which were no longer contained by frames — the works were reactive to spatial conditions , light , and shadow — and then the reactive elements became more complex as I included physical motion with water currents at specific sites . Those installations were floating and ephemeral and the work ultimately became films that acted as a residual memory of the original piece . The interdisciplinary nature of my work is also a result of my belief that the choice of medium significantly affects the message . When artists ’ media choices cracked open , raw materials became acute cultural signifiers and conceptual inferences are made through the medium of an artwork . Wood , plastic , paint , metal , film , or the written word — these all contain a diverse array of natural , industrial , and cultural legacies that apply contingent concepts to the artist ’ s intentions and oeuvre .
For this special edition of LandEscape we have selected Viral Theories , an interesting series that our readers have already started to admire in the introductory pages of this article . What has at once captured our attention of this body of work is the way the effective combination between rigorous construction and a freedom of composition provides this piece with a dynamic and autonomous aesthetics and it ' s really