Cortney Cassidy uses text, image, and time to study life as art in a natural world.
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Reading the Landscape is a site-responsive installation of interpretive botanical signs placed along a wooded footpath.
“Every act of feeding, digging, and pruning will reveal a new truth.”
“When possible, it is a good idea to read about something surrounded by that something.”
I just finished reading View from Mary's Farm by Edie Clark
Reading log →“I knew that something was wrong with the way I used my body.”
“A maker of images who abandons true nature for false beauty is unable to make anyone see.”
“There doesn’t seem to be any way to represent smell other than to describe what kind of attention it attracts.”
A Soft Manifesto printed in a limited edition of 50 with metal type and a Vandercook printing press.
“I can’t think of a more comfortable, self-reliant life for myself than that of a woman who holds onto her autonomy.”
“The useless is useful even after it’s gone.”
About this chat
Talking to yourself is a very common habit for adults. I've turned the things I've said into a chat bot. My responses are pre-recorded and your responses are not recorded.
“Pretending I am normal while my internal reality slowly bleeds through to the external reality of a very long work meeting.”
“It seems possible that [feelings] are essential tools in both the construction of our world and our understanding of it.”
“This system defines who gets to be an artist and when.”
I study life as art in a natural world through sustained observation, research, and publishing. My work has been published with small presses and presented at international art fairs, with selected works held by the New York Public Library, Museu d‘Art Contemporani de Barcelona, and Grand Valley State University. My independent research is supported by the Vartan Gregorian Center for Research in the Humanities. (CV)
I am available for select research, writing, and interpretive projects for cultural, educational, and environmental organizations. My background in visual and systems design informs an approach to complex material grounded in sustained inquiry, critical analysis, and clear structure. Contact: cortneyvcassidy@gmail.com.
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