Human Experience: The Art Portfolio of Shawn Olin Jordan
Caves of Detritus (video still)
Shawn Olin Jordan is an interdisciplinary artist whose work seeks to unravel and examine the vast and varied nature of human experience. Shawn’s portfolio is, as such, multi-faceted, including performance, painting, installation, and everything in between.
Subterranean Circus V, digital photograph
I’m intrigued by Shawn’s recent project Caves of Detritus -- in this five minute video, the viewer is taken on a journey through a mysterious alien landscape. An accompanying series of photographs, titled Subterranean Circus, comprises abstracted imagery that gives the viewer the impression of moving slowly through a cave or some other interior. There’s a sense of foreboding in these images, but also of adventure and discovery -- themes which are common throughout both Shawn’s portfolio, and, undoubtedly, lived experience in general.
Shawn's portfolio website, www.shawnolinjordan.com
Many of Shawn’s works explore this idea of a journey. Sometimes the idea is presented through esoteric means, and other times, like in her painted series Going, the notion of forward movement is presented in a way that’s almost universally relatable.
