Naomi Harwin
At the center of Naomi Harwin’s practice is an interest in ideas surrounding part-hood relations. Drawing particular focus to the play between a 3-dimensional object and its representational parts. Using source objects that are ambiguous in nature while referencing machine-made and corporeal forms, she looks to break down the moment where a perceptual encounter takes place, situated in the in-between. Employing drawing, photographic, sculptural, and video practices Harwin translates and re-translates a source object, allowing the behavior of materials to govern the process. Through which the constituent parts are condensed down to their essential essence. Each existing as a component of its original while gaining autonomy as an entity in its own right. Through their assemblage and intuitive use of space, these forms capture a moment in time.
More recently Harwin has been investigating the connections between materials and scenography and its application in place-orienting the viewer. While considering how through our bodies we inhabit, move through, and engage with physical spaces.