JESSICA JANE JULIUS

"Betty"

Flameworked Glass, 8ft x 8ft, 2011

Flameworked black glass, adhesive, white glass

This series of drawings are made from stills from a glass animation called scribble. 

Glass murrine panel and metal. References touch screens, tv static, tablets, with the intention of analyzing the passage of information through technology and questioning digital touch vs. material touch.  

This is a series of drawings that are made from recording the mouse on the computer screen. Each drawing is recorded by time. All lines are the movement of the mouse and the circles are when the mouse clicks or stays in one location. 

Photograms of glass castings- using glass as a negative

            The series“Finger Print” contains convincing realistic body characteristics combined with surreal, ethereal qualities. Many of the prints have ambiguous markings, a small number, letter, or symbol, to suggest a forensic examination. Because the image resembles a detached finger through form and representation of skin texture, it suggests ideas of dissection and study. The object used to make the print, compared to the photo image, becomes less important and easily dismissed. However, the photo image takes on a completely different impact through its scale, contrast, and detail while retaining the same qualities of the original object. It is this visual impact that exploits the material choices and creates a new perspective of the subject and material.

         My inspiration for the “Finger Print” series is from documents of early microscopic discoveries. These early hand drawn records showed forms that exist beyond what we can see with our eyes. The photographic process of using the enlarger to project light through an object of glass enlarges the view of the object in the same way a microscope functions. This process creates a metamorphosis of our perception of the object and our body.

A dream is the experience of envisioned images, sounds, or other sensations during sleep. Sigmund Freud theorized that dreams are a reflection of human desires and promoted by external stimuli such as our environments. Joe Griffin states "dreams are metaphorical translations of waking expectations. Expectations that cause emotional arousal that is not acted upon during the day."

"Static" was an attempt at transforming emotion into form. The inspiration for the work comes from a reoccurring dream. Within the dream, an infinite three-dimensional black line fills my vision and releases a low pitch constant hum. I am without body or form just aware of feeling. The line becomes tense and starts to vibrate like a heart beat monitor. The intensity builds until I wake up perspiring.

This was the first version of "Static" installed at The Visual Studies Workshop in NY.

Flameworked Black Bullseye Glass, 2006

The work "Hybrid" consists of opaque black glass fingers and a data system of rub-on-letters. Through isolating a part of the body, it becomes a foreign object however recognizable. The finger focuses on the action of touching, pointing, and defining information and represents our tactile experience. The small objects have characteristics of actual fingers through, realistic size, fingerprints, and quality of skin. They are placed on the wall in a way where they are pointing or containing parts of the data, representing an act of touch and inquiry in the same way we learn about the world through touch. Through the interface of the objects with the numbers, letters, and symbols the work talks about how we categorize, focus, and analyze with the use of technology, data, and systems. The impermanency of the work stresses the changing of information through time and how our systems change with new information and new discoveries.

2006