Sean Connaughty

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KARMA documents the chopping down of a diseased Elm tree, shot from my window, on Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis.
I tagged the tree with the word “karma” based on the letter K that was already placed on the tree by the city, along with the dreaded orange band. This indicates that it is to be cut down. This one also was put to a vocal track that I performed in my apartment at the time.

AVARICE/KARMA

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He said:
“ Lord God above
Don't let it blow
Like all the other ones (gulp)
Can you hear me functioning can you hear my song?
And can you see that glow off yonder?
And can't you see the ones
Just comin' along so gracefully from above?
And their tongues were darting fire
And their hands were like claws
And their every breath was devoted to the song
Don't waste your breath on AVARICE
Don't waste your breath on me
And don't go wasting your time on the trees
They're goin' up like everything
Can't see the tops
Blotting out the light
In a golden green fire
Don't waste your time on AVARICE
Don't waste your time on me
I'm just goin' along like it needs to be (sic)
And 'I stepped into an avalanche' (LC)
And I stepped on a toe or two
And I stepped on them
And I stepped on you
Don't waste your time on AVARICE
Don't waste you time at the PEAK
It's like falling off a precipice and landing on your feet
The ground don't meet you with love
It meets you with deceit
Cause it looked like a wispy cloud
But it was a diamond in the rough
And shave away all the soft layers
And see what you've got
Have you got yourself a gold mine or have you just got
Don't waste your time on AVARICE
Don't waste your time on EVEREST
Don't waste your time 'cause heaven's breathing at the door”

Recently, I have begun improvising with words. Employing the same strategy I have used with painting. It's the same fascination that draws me to me to painting, watching a live thing emerge from a random collection of information. I am curious about the nature of those narratives and where they come from. I find voice to be an extremely ergonomic tool. It reacts almost instantaneously, a very responsive medium, while painting requires a host of technical requirements, and requisite materials. Video though technically cumbersome in the editing phase, allows for the immediate capture of moments in time. Through these two new mediums I am able to explore the parameters and expectations that come in the form of baggage with the mediums. I like to push these parameters.

I have found that images and narratives have the most impact in their emergent state. I have begun to refer to this as the four track aesthetic. It is a phenomenon I have harvested extensively in painting., and now with video and audio. These are autonomous forms which emerge spontaneously apart from my intentions. The imagery is allowed to establish its own relationships. Interesting dilemmas emerge as different media and conceptions of art both collide and inform each other.
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