{"uid":"zWUJFr5qbMYiUlJE","type":"artist","tags":["sculpture","instalation"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"Wish You Were Here","summary":"My work is a reflection of my roots in the tropical vacationland of Florida, a place for which I feel both nostalgic and conflicted. Growing up in southern tourist destinations, I was confronted daily with the extreme contrasts of living in paradise. In my artwork, I am translating the cacophony of tourism through the lens of materiality. By re-configuring commodified objects of the tourism industry, my sculptural works out of metal, glass, stone, and found objects exhibit the relationships that exist between materials and place. While nostalgia for my home state is strong, I often wrestle with the dichotomy of Florida\u2019s identity. I find myself comparing each new place to Florida, no place quite as uniquely beautiful nor as bizarre. I am interested in drawing parallels between the irrational juxtaposition of objects and ideas. This body of work explores the realities and misperceptions we all associate with the tourism, and in doing so, has allowed me to dig deeper into my personal history with a place. This theme is universal as the tourism industry that we know and love has come to a grinding halt in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Re-examining the artificiality of place, my work aims to unite viewers in our unified memory and desire for the unknown, the escape, the vacation.","space":"This show is a combination of sculptural objects and installations. It includes (1) a laser cut fiber piece hanging from the ceiling (approx. 18\u2019 in length) (2) A series of 4 small wall-mounted sound sculptures (3) cast glass lawn chair (4) an installation of thousands of cocktail umbrellas suspended in the gallery space (the nature of this piece is site-responsive to the gallery itself, therefore it may transform in the space of the gallery according to the space dimensions)","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":null,"audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":"http:\/\/caseyschachner.com\/greetings-from","cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"fileCount":0,"names":"Casey","surname":"Schachner","email":"casey.schachner@belmont.edu","dni_type":"Other","dni":"US Citizen","address":"2620 Windemere Drive","city":"Nashville","nacionality":"American","country_id":"236","birthdate":"1987-01-24T06:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1987-01-24T06:00:00.000Z","telephone":"561-706-5357","web":"http:\/\/www.caseyschachner.com"}