Wendy DesChene
Art is so much more than our culture allows it to be, so I do not hold myself to any one one method of working. Critique and idea are the driving force behind all I do, and that can look very different depending on the current set of parameters I am faced with on any particular project. Because upon first glance this method may not seem, coherent, and it pushes my audiences limits of what they should expect from one artist, I have broken my work into separate web sites. Although each site has its own distinct character, the spirit held within maintains a level of critical exploration, play and my own unique perspectives which do not wait for permissions. Collaboration is an important aspect of the work on the different sites because when I am collaborating with an artist, site, or community with or without their knowledge, the work is most alive and furthest away from the fate much art holds dying on gallery/museum walls.
WYWIWYG Exhibition.com is a large
format traveling installation project which changes and grows with ever place it visits. The community is invited to participate and its their direct interaction which gives the project life. It is like a b-movie blob that grows with every stop eating away at gallery structure and providing its audience with a direct way to interact with art, no matter age or cultural background.
Deschmuki.com is a website which hosts the off grid projection works made with collaborating artist Jeff Schmuki. Photographs of communities devastated by natural events are projected onto intact landscapes to create shifting terrains which question how we think of our environments.
2DesChene.com is the site which catalogues all the 2-d works created within the last 7 years, including small scale drawings, murals and forced perspective investigations.
This site also contains teaching examples, and academic outreach projects.
Monsantra.com is an ongoing project with artist Jeff Schmuki. Fusing robotics and genetically modified plants, this project travels to focus communities on food issues. Visit the site to learn more about this eco-education intervention project.
PlantBot Genetics is a satirical project focusing upon large scale agricultural practices, markets and the release of bioengineered crops into the environment.
PlantBot Genetics was created to support the Monsantra Project.
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