Shannon McCarrel Hamaker

I consider my own body a machine; completing tasks I have given myself as “perfectly” as possible. The objects I create are the results of obsessive, repetitive processes. I seek out cheap, abundant, synthetic materials. I am attracted to these materials because when multiplied and separated from their original intended context, they become less recognizable. I am creating surfaces and environments from materials that could very easily exist in the average household, but are extraordinary in such a context. The materials also hint at the consumption of machine made goods in our consumer society. My tools and materials are simple; my processes are meticulous. In “Process/Hyperprocess: A New and Improved Version,” Ginger Gregg Duggan writes, “[These artists] may initially lure viewers who are fascinated by what they imagine to be an exorbitant amount of time and effort, but it is precisely the process of creation that is at the heart of the work.” The processes I create are for my own fulfillment; the resulting object is for the viewer.