This print series emerged from a memory of a particular experience that I had in a group setting, where I found myself feeling slightly anxious when there was a long pause during a conversation. It was only silence, yet it had a strong presence and was profound experience. I have had similar experiences since then, witnessing various responses from myself and others to silence, alone and/or in a group setting. While there are uncomfortable situations that occur with and in silence, I have also experienced an intimacy that can happen in silence.

In Patterns of Conversation, spatial orientation and communication are rendered in a two- dimensional space that illustrates the impression of a three-dimensional topography of group conversations. In this series, dots are used to record social communications, groupings, and hierarchy, as well as, a social silence, which is similarly referenced in Jacob L. Moreno’s sociogram - a visual depiction of relationships between a specific group. Its purpose is to uncover the underlying relationships between people. The relationships amongst these groups and subgroups - the cliques, the individually isolated, and overall collective social structures, are explored through these prints.

This series started off as colorless vitreographs (left) and grew into a series of heavy mono prints (right).