Recently, I have been wondering about the control I have in my life. I like to think that I have complete control in my life – in my actions and my undertakings, but since life revolves largely, if not entirely, around cause and effect, can I truly say my actions are not mere reactions? To what extent do I control my life? And to what extent does the force of randomness and chaos rule it? This is the very notion that spoke out to me when I stumbled across Rosemarie’s work.
Rosemarie Fiore is an artist based in Bronx, NY. She creates “Firework Drawings” by containing and controlling live firework explosions. Her very creative process starts with bombing blank sheets of paper with different fireworks, including color smoke bombs, jumping jacks, monster balls, fountains, magic whips, spinning carnations, ground blooms, rings of fire, and lasers. She creates her imagery by controlling the chaotic nature of the explosions in upside-down containers. When the paper becomes saturated in color, dark and burned, she collages blank paper circles onto the image to establish new planes and to open up the composition. All the while, she continues to bomb the pieces a number of times until they are thick and heavy, containing many layers of collaged explosions.
Fiore writes in her artist statement:
“I consider my firework drawings invented dimensional spaces in which the forces of chaos and control combat. The visible traces of the fireworks’ detonations, transform the explosion spectacle into fixed mini universes of streaks, shooting sprays of vibrant pigments and shimmering fields of color.”
Rosemarie’s drawings are interesting in that it gives sculpture and performance a broader definition. Her work is largely based on craft and not conceptual trickery or fantasized narratives.
Here are some of her works from her latest show ‘Artificiere’:
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