Clay Dunklin
Song of the Wild
October 4 – 27, 2019
“Before something happens in the realm of calmness, we do not feel the calmness; only when something happens within it do we find the calmness.” —Zen mind, Beginner’s Mind
Song of the Wild is a self-portrait video installation that responds to notions of the body, consciousness, and performance. Like the sun, the work bathes visitors in warm yellow as the viewer is invited to sit on one of the provided cushions and reflect on the space of your body. As the body negotiates the space between the world and the self, so it marks, alters, and changes surfaces. The records of these changing surfaces and gestural marks in space serve to preserve a kind of body talk or resonating chatter. The viewer is encouraged to feel this resonance as subtle vibrations through the body as they observe new visual stimuli.
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Clay Dunklin is an interdisciplinary artist whose experimental practice includes performative, video, and installation works. Dunklin has exhibited his work nationally including shows at the Orlando Science Center, The American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, and the Delaware Contemporary. He received his BFA in drawing from the University of Central Florida and his MFA from the University of Maryland College Park. Dunklin is currently an NTT Assistant Professor of Art at Western Oregon University.
