Ann Wachter Poetics
Artist Statement
I am a text-based artist whose visual works promote speculative discourse about cultural norms and values as a contemplative exercise centered on racial disparity. I imagine a world in which all people strive to free each other from the constraints society imposes on us as well as those we use to define each other. I write in order to establish deeper and broader awarenesses about how social barriers and cultural differences serve to marginalize and divide people. Each speculative conversation is couched in historical and political contexts designed to create a narrative around the current state of our freedoms.
My speculative journey ties current and past works together through subjects about the underdog, family and daily experiences and through a variety of other print and vocal mediums such as morphed text, virtual poetry and recorded readings. As an artistic exercise, I also dabble with technologies which produce alternative rhythms, inflections and movements.
SAIC 2024 Graduate Exhibition. Click here to learn more.
