ANNA MORSE
USA
Void
We live in a world where everything has to be quantifiable, fit in a box, and labelled. This perspective affects how we think and interpret our world. However, in reality, everything is in a state of becoming – filled with potential and kinetic energy. This notion of perpetual transformation drives Morse’s work. In Morse’s pierced brooches, similar to phenakistoscopes, move and transform. The top or middle layer can spin to create an animation. Movement is so crucial that when the piece is still, it feels incomplete. The brooches’ designs start as line drawings, reflecting fluidity and synesthetic relationships, and by translating them into metal, their kinetic nature is enhanced.
This collection includes Void, Origin of Rain and Red’s Breath.
Material
bronze, gauche, stainless steel
Technique
piercing
Anna Morse is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses jewelry, drawing, painting, sculpture, and installation. Through her process-based discipline, Morse is constantly learning and incorporating new techniques and materials in her practice. An avid reader of Bergson and Deleuze, Morse is interested in the concept of reality, which she explores through her materiality and labour-intensive work. Morse graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in painting in December 2022. She is currently based in Baltimore, Maryland, though originally from Northern California and Seattle.