Nothing for Any Purpose

Nothing for Any Purpose is a body of work created with an interest in language, visible intentions, accidental mutations, and hidden meanings.  The work uses handmade lace-letters that visibly degrade over time and also over the length of each piece in the series.  Within the pattern of letters stands a second, hidden message that is realized as a series of circles and squares.  The ones and zeros are of a digitally encoded secret message where circles are ones and squares are zeros.  Each piece within the body of work is shown as a series of diptychs ranging from eight to sixteen panels that either allows the text to degrade into nothing or to evolve into full legibility.

The beginning pieces within Nothing for Any Purpose use strategically chosen text from both Intelligent Design and Evolutionary theories, pitting one against the other in a visible vs. hidden message dominance.  The quotes are ambiguous, allowing the viewer the space for various interpretations.   Visually, the letters mimic the intentions behind each theory, either evolving into words or breaking down into an illegible string of shapes.