Dana Freeman - "Eggshell Mantra" Installation

ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, Mi, 2009 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mi, 2005 Detroit Artist's Market, Detroit Mi, 1999 Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI 1995 When wanting a child, one becomes acutely aware of the cycle of each egg. In this work, that process is externalized. The cut and emptied eggshell, multiplied 6,000 times, or the ant moving particles of sand to create a tunnel, becomes a kind of mantra. In this way, working becomes a prayer.

"Eggshell Mantra"

cut eggshells, glass, ant farm, egg carton tiles, lights, video of cutting eggs