Zach Dunn

Artist Statement

I am interested in the illusion of pace and time. From quantum physics, we know that time is as omnipresent as space. Time and technology appear to be ever-changing at increasing rates, however, they are a mere blink of an eye during the entirety of the universe’s existence. Objects that become obsolete in the very recent past hardly occurred when considered on a larger, more geological scale. For many individuals, these objects are just forgotten, detritus from a modern memory. This perceived acceleration of time is epitomized in the current dynamic urban landscape. “Old” buildings are run down, torn down, or repurposed. Increasingly rare, unadorned horizons and expanses of space are captured and rendered in a slower setting.  

My work attempts to create objects and experiences that create instants in time or, as Julian Barbour theorizes, a series of “nows.” In a world without time, I aim to engage the audience in becoming acutely aware of the right now through as many senses as possible.  This happens by inviting the viewer to slow down and question the progress around them, either through the use of a handmade functional object, a landscape, or through a sculpture of a recently antiquated technology replicated and memorialized in ceramic.