Artist Statement:
Tara Aisha Willis aims to create landscapes in her work,
with the belief that when everything contained wihin the
small world of a dance is coherent, the path is cleared for
the viewer to be guided further into the dark of what cannot
be expressed through our usual, daily means. Focusing
on process and research, both physical and traditional,
as a means for discovering the elements of each small
world, Tara hopes to strike a balance between careful,
deliberate selection of each detail, and the confluence of
parts of incongruous or indeterminate significance to create
a coherent whole. The rules and content of each world as
they are discovered through the research process are not
arbitrary, but may not become clear until the work is viewed
in completion. Product matters, as long as it is based in a
thorough and focused process. Connection with an audience
matters, since ultimately neither artist nor community can
grow when the artist is stingy. Texture and color matter, as
does the physical space of performance.
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