Colby Jennings
Untitled 3
from the Saturday Morning Fellowship series
2009
digital photography
Colby Jennings
Untitled 7
from the Saturday Morning Fellowship series
2009
digital photography
Colby Jennings
Untitled 12
from the Saturday Morning Fellowship series
2009
digital photography
I create and document performances in order to investigate my understanding of masculinity and the role memories have played in the construction of my identity as a male. These investigations manifest in a number of ways including video, installation, sculptural forms and 2d elements. I attempt to create opportunities for reflection and meditation which act as windows through which my memories of masculinity and its rituals become accessible to the viewer. Much of what I make pays homage to these memories while dissecting their effects. As meditation, my work serves as a system of communication to explore both personal and interpersonal relationships. The entire research process is a therapeutic means of expressing the anxiety I experience in relating to the concept of masculinity and how that tension affects my identity.
Much of this current work represents fragments of time and place relevant to my perception of masculinity. The present elements come from overlapping memories constructed by multiple senses. Each individual piece represents a separate observation of quasi-ritualistic masculine behavior while hinting at the source of these practices . As an installation, the work combines to form a more interconnected awareness of the model of masculinity that, because of specific links and attachments, I have both rebuffed and embraced.
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