AT Rossetti, DIAP – May 2020
At this time, those of us circumstantially forced to stay at home take this virtual walk-through as a time to consider what it means to share experiences solitarily. This project takes place during my time spent in a wheelchair recovering from a catastrophic illness. Just as my wheelchair dependence was coming to an end, the initial onset of COVID-19 had just set upon the city…
…remnants left behind – ‘trace of the gathering storm.’
– from The Machine Archive Project – by AT Rossetti 2020
A multi-platformed universe, a home traversed/viewed through portal-like connections, speaks to the paradoxical feelings of isolation, anxiety, and hope, connectivity, anonymity, exposure containment, and possibilities.
A visceral narrative travels thru an endlessly yielding landscape; entered from protected home containers. communications. mental imagery forms an immersion of distorted cognoscente, explored discoveries or memories of that which remains on the other side of the portal.