Anna Haggerty

I’m interested in the way repetition of an object, thought, or action transforms it into a new entity. My practice begins with drawing, which I use as a tool to control movement and moment. By drawing chains, I’m able to create an artificial movement through the repetition and rotation of each individual link.  Elongated sessions of drawing and piercing become a meditative part of my process. I will often combine these monotonous tasks with more involved techniques that compliment drawing, such as etching or enameling. Each transformative process; drawing ,scanning, transfering, etching, enameling, powder coating, anodizing, further solidifies the control over what the object once was. 

I view each motif in a pattern as a thought that becomes echoed. These chains become visual representations of compulsive thoughts. Like the transformation from physical movement to a visual movement, thoughts are transformed into belief.  Through my work I hope to discover how our realities are not necessarily fact, but instead actualization through repetition of similar thought. The power of reiteration has the ability to alter our realities and make the mind believe virtually anything.