Marjorie Williams
Artist Statement
This body of work explores impermanence as the condition of all things. Natural conditions change quickly. A rainbow appears in the mist, the street is covered in blossoms from the trees above. A cloud of dust catches the sunlight as it billows into the air behind a passing car. The present invokes the past, but carries on by itself. An indent in the grass suggests the body that made it. A crumbling fence must have been new once. A pair of ice skates have found a home on a phone line. The photograph serves as a monument to a moment that’s already passed, but it too will wither and fade, so it can only create an illusion of permanence. By the time it’s hung on a gallery wall, the photograph itself has already gone through many transformations. These photographs were captured on 35mm and 120mm film, then scanned into a computer, converted into digital files, and printed using an inkjet printer. With each translation, the experience changes, even if the image appears to stay the same. Likewise, we never look at anything with quite the same pair of eyes, as we head along with the world we behold into the unknown.
Marjorie Williams | Portland, OR