ARTIST STATEMENT

"Living Large" an animation by Lucy H. G. and Jacalyn Lopez Garcia


"Living Large" is a video statement on housing in America. Projected against a vast white wall of a retired bank, the short film is an animation of nothing to something and status to homeless. The collaboration underlines the artists' unrealized efforts of purchasing a home in Southern California and stems from their observations of inflated neighborhoods with unreachable houses.


ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Lucy H. G. is a video artist whose work frequently visits the house as its subject. She takes very real, ordinary experiences and posits scientific theorems with elaborate video animations. Oxygenation takes place at a fancy tea party, and photosynthesis over dinner. Mundane rituals, like eating dinner or bathing, become essential parts of her collection of physics. “Living Large” is one of her aspirations, in that she hopes to one day own a home in Southern California. Lucy H. G. has exhibited both nationally and internationally and most recently is the recipient of a Durfee artist completion grant for an upcoming exhibition at the Harris Art Gallery at the University of La Verne.

Jacalyn Lopez Garcia is a multimedia artist who is constantly searching for innovative ways to integrate diverse artistic practices with new technologies. She enjoys pushing the boundaries between politics and art and is fascinated with exploring the relationship between narrative and memory in her artmaking. The house, is a familiar subject for Jacalyn, whose most recognized work is an interactive website "Glass Houses". Jacalyn has earned national and international recognition for her multimedia art works and photography. She was recently featured in an exhibition in New York and was selected as an artist that will be featured in a soon to be released publication Art, Women & Technology by MIT Press. "Living Large" offers a reflection of the artist's dreams, desires and fears of becoming a homeowner.