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Throughout history, measuring instruments have helped us make sense of our environment.
Ancient civilizations used body parts to indicate length while relying on celestial bodies to tell time.
But what about measuring the intangible things that also inform our life?
Instrument #42
Can feelings be counted?
Can our souls be appraised?
That’s the idea artistRick Salafiadrew from to create his evocativeInstrumentsseries.
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Comprising metal pieces that resemble conventional rulers bent out of shape, theInstrumentsseries speaks to something larger.
The value of a human life.
The weight of grief.
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Each of us has a different way to calibrate these things.
The project is a way of exploring our attempts to standardize those experiences.
To further explain this idea, the artist speaks about a specific instrument.
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So, I think of each piece both in visual and metaphoric terms.
But not everything follows this process.
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Salafia began working on this series in 2020.
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Ultimately, establishing the details of each artwork is what truly speaks to the complexity of the concept.
What’s the difference between something being very beautiful' and something being especially beautiful'?
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The value of a human life.
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The weight of grief.
Each of us has a different way to calibrate these things.
The project is a way of exploring our attempts to standardize those experiences.
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Instrument #52
Instrument #50
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