Faculty of Art

Cross-Disciplinary Art: Life Studies

Andria Keen

Figured In The Drift Of Stars

What is it to look into Time-Past and Time-Future while walking in the Now?

“Figured In The Drift Of Stars, an oversized feather goblet with contrary feet, invites the viewer to drink from the myth of fable and the whimsy of absurdity. It explores Time’s quality of fluctuation, a perceived experience that defies standard measurements of clock time and the impact of our circadian rhythms. As T.S. Eliot surmises at the end of Burnt Norton’s first stanza, “Time past and time future / What might have been and what has been / Point to one end, which is always present” (Eliot, Burnt Norton). That present lies within the feathered bowl, a nest of protection, a place of potential rest in an ever-changing unpredictable current.”