In Conversation with Jessamyn Fiore (excerpt)

Arts + Leisure Gallery (New York, NY)

Jessamyn Fiore: I suppose one of the things that I’m first struck by with your work is the relationship between the ceramic – which has these really luscious textures and forms - alongside technology. I don’t know if I’ve seen that combination too many times before – you really put it front and center in your work. Do you mind talking a little bit about how you came from the ceramic background but then found this relationship to technology – how do you see those two elements relating?

Aimee Odum: A lot of that came about in grad school. Going into a program where I was forced to get out of my comfort zone – I gravitated toward using video to document movements within a natural place. As I was doing that I realized I liked editing the videos a lot more than actually being a figure in the video space. I could manipulate video material the same way I touch clay. There is this movement of pixels and texture that you can create within a 2D space that is similar to the way I’m moving the particles in clay, touching and manipulating them and creating texture. Also in terms of technology, I’m really interested in ceramics as the first technology.

2018. Published by Nick Lawrence Publishing.