VP2 was meant as an exploratory extension of my first childhood chimerical experience, as well as the possible chimerical and transformative outcomes of technology’s relationship to memory through objects.
The methodology behind the construction and development of VP2 encapsulated a sort of archeological and anthropological research of objects in and around the U of O campus and city of Ottawa.
As the objects were being unearthed and discovered, my intent was to examine and understand their past and present socio-cultural significance, as well as their relationship to my own personal past, and present identity.
cropped: Image 10: John Naccarato, Vertebra, Part 2: The Skinning of Memory (VP2) Detail. Objects
Image 11: VP2, Naccarato – Left Side Floor, Detail -Skinned TV Set, print plate, painted floor
Image 11: VP2, Naccarato – Top Right Floor, Detail -Coaxial Wire, whole and stripped, wood canvas stretcher, painted floor
VP2, Naccarato, 2009 – Lower Left Wall, Detail – painted floor, canvas, electrical and coaxial wire
Image 14: VP2 -Center, Detail – two hollow glass containers covering small mounds of sugar and in the far
background, the right side wall of VP2, showing a simulated construction of spinal-like cord system made up of
sewing paper patterns, internet cable and wiring and acrylic paint.
Image 09: John Naccarato, Vertebra, Part 2: The Skinning of Memory (VP2) Partial Overview. Artist Studio, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Image 06: John Naccarato, Vertebra, Part 2: The Skinning of Memory (VP2) Partial Overview. Artist Studio, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Image 06b: John Naccarato, Vertebra, Part 2: The Skinning of Memory (VP2) Partial Overview. Artist Studio, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Image 06x: John Naccarato, Vertebra, Part 2: The Skinning of Memory (VP2) Partial Overview
Image 08: John Naccarato, Vertebra, Part 2: The Skinning of Memory (VP2) Detail
Image 07: John Naccarato, Vertebra, Part 2: The Skinning of Memory (VP2) Detail
The Medium of Television: John Naccarato, Vertebra, Part 2: The Skinning of Memory (VP2) 20’W x 17’H x 16’D. Immersive, Trans-media, Installation. Partial overview of VP2: right top. Artist Studio, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada 2009
Text and ideas which accompany Vertebra, Part 2: The Skinning of Memory (VP2) were originally created and published as part of my MFA Thesis, 2010.
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