Lawrence
Mesich
Artist Statement

My work explores moments when bodies and infrastructure intersect, and the political and social effects of their interactions. I borrow from the aesthetic language of corporate marketing, municipal agencies, productivity platforms to attempt to reframe these everyday and often banal interactions as extrordinary, absurd, and worthy of our scrutiny.

My recent object-based work focuses on the images and infrastructure of tall buildings, treating these structures as embodiments of the institutions they’re designed to contain. I manipulate the images of these buildings - bending, twisting, elongating them - to parallel the narrative contortions that institutions employ to construct and refine their identities.

My current video and media work examines minute relationships between people and interior spaces, both real and virtual. I'm drawn to and often focus on ‘boring’ subjects like mundane rituals, repetitive gestures, workplace layouts, formulaic furniture, and amplifing their absurdity to explore how large an impact these small and often invisible things can have on everyday experiences.

Bio


Lawrence Mesich was born in Nashville, TN and raised in Chattanooga, TN. His fascination with and exploration of the spaces created by Chattanooga's rapid development and abandoned industrial infrastructure formed a life-long interest in the dialogue between bodies, behavior, and architecture, which continues to inform his work. He received his BFA with a concentration in Video and Performance from SUNY Purchase in 1999, and received his MFA in Digital Media and Performance from Stony Brook University in 2005. Lawrence currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.