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The Cartographer, mixed media, 39” x 132′ x 104″, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n

I loved the artist statement (I can’t remember if I have ever those words in the past) for this installation that won Manifest’s coveted $5,000 Manifest One award and single-work exhibition. Here is the email announcement with Indiana artist Damon Mohl’s statement below. I like the sense of exhaustion and lostness in his vision, which seems appropriate as a viewpoint on Western culture. But I loved , his statement about the genesis of his creative work–which apply to the most compelling creative work in general.<\/p>\n

Manifest’s projects are carefully crafted exhibitions of engaging works from around the world, judged and chosen by a dynamic jury of working artists, creative professionals, scholars,\u00a0and educators. Once each year, we honor an exemplary artwork and test the extremes of our selection process in ONE: The Manifest Prize.<\/p>\n

The nonprofit Manifest Creative Research Gallery is proud to be\u00a0celebrating\u00a0a decade offering this momentous award supporting artists making exceptional art. Now in\u00a0its 10th year,\u00a0one artwork<\/strong>\u00a0has been chosen\u00a0from a pool of nearly 900 works by 192 artists from 41 states and 12 countries\u00a0<\/strong>to stand out as the best\u00a0in one of\u00a0the largest artist\u00a0responses this project has ever received. Seventeen jurors from across the U.S. participated in this multi-stage selection process.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that the winner and finalists*, 11 works, represent the top scoring 1% of the jury pool. The winner represents the top one-tenth of 1% of the jury pool.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We are proud\u00a0to award this year’s $5000 Manifest Prize and corresponding ONE exhibit to\u00a0Damon Mohl<\/strong>\u00a0for his work, “The Cartographer”\u00a0which will continue\u00a0on view in Manifest’s Central Gallery through January 10th.<\/p>\n

Of his work the artist states:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“<\/i>In 2018 I spent a month traveling the north and south islands of New Zealand. Leading up to the trip, I had completed numerous sketches for an experimental film. In truth, the many fragmented images never connected, and when I arrived I started filming without a clear sense of the project. Traveling in a camper van, I gradually woke up earlier each day and heard a cacophony of birds singing before dawn. One song, in particular, stood out because of its melodic, contemplative nature and haunting strangeness. I learned this was the song of the Bellbird, and for the rest of the trip, I set my alarm so I could make audio recordings of the Bellbird’s morning song. These recordings led me to a new idea, and I ended up creating an entirely different film.<\/p>\n

I find it compelling the way an image or sound can lodge itself in the subconscious and open up an expansive idea. Creatively speaking, ideas that originate from a presumed understanding or with a specific goal are often prodded and forced into existence. Outcomes are narrow and predictable, even before they are developed. Everything is over before it even begins. The most exciting ideas arrive as mysteries. They create enigmas to be explored but never fully understood. Art is the language that embodies and evokes that which cannot be rationalized or explained with words and it is this revelatory journey that keeps me fascinated and dedicated to the process of creating. My work is firmly rooted in metaphorical narrative, but at the project’s origin, I relinquish as much control as possible. I often reach a place on sustained projects where I can no longer remember what propelled me forward in the first place. If the origin remains intact, it was strong enough to stand the test of time. If it fades, what came after was much more interesting to me.<\/p>\n

The Cartographe<\/strong><\/em>r was recently created for an exhibition of costumes, objects, and set pieces utilized in five different film projects over the past four years. Thematically, the film connected to this piece tells the story of a man whose mind is locked in an endless cycle, in which he repeatedly imagines himself on doomed 19th century expeditions. The voice-over narration provided on the nearby wall is also from the film.“<\/em><\/p>\n

Artist Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Damon Mohl\u00a0<\/strong>(b.1974) is a filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist. His work bridges drawing, painting, collage, and sculpture with digital technology to create experimental as well as narrative-based films and works of art. He received his BFA in drawing and painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and his MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. With a focus on filmmaking, his graduate thesis film was nominated for a Student Academy Award in the experimental category. He exhibits his work nationally, and internationally his films have screened in over thirty countries. He is currently serving as an assistant professor of art at Wabash College in Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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