2007
artist’s blood on archival watercolor paper
15 H × 15 W in (38.1 H × 38.1 W cm)
Elaborative Encoding explores the pattern and structure of the doily as a metaphor for the formation and degradation of memory. "Elaborative encoding" is a term used to describe the formation of new memories as they are encoded using information that is already known. Memories are formed and stored in association with one another, forming an elaborate "web" of related memories and knowledge.
Elaborative Encoding explores the pattern and structure of the doily as a metaphor for the formation and degradation of memory. "Elaborative encoding" is a term used to describe the formation of new memories as they are encoded using information that is already known. Memories are formed and stored in association with one another, forming an elaborate "web" of related memories and knowledge.
..Splan balances corporeal and incorporeal, wondrous and weird...Splan’s show gives several new meanings to the phrase “anatomically correct”; the implants correct our own malfunctioning parts, and she corrects the implants with her own anatomy. But her show at the all-female, all-the-time Femina Potens Gallery also corrects another anatomical issue: the overwhelming XY factor of the art world, where strong solo shows by women artists such as this one are too often presented only during Women’s History Month...
