Statement

My work deals with the infiltration of technology into everyday life. I incorporate personal and found photography with other materials like thread, string, and wire to make connections between seemingly unconnected elements, creating narratives and connotations among figures and objects. By comparing and contrasting emotional with technological connections, I hope to question man’s relationships and interaction with technology.
Utilizing a needle or a drill, I pierce the photograph and then stitch together the points of interest. The photographs are presented either mounted to a thick backing, like wood, plexiglass, or placed inside of a frame without glass, leaving the thread or wire spilling out of the photographs frame into the surroundings. Some objects are more exaggerated, becoming part of a photo-based installation that reacts with its environment, where as others are more subtle. Just as technology permeates our lives, these installations are meant to investigate and redefine the physical and psychological spaces in which we live.


Fundraiser: 5 x7 Event benefitting Glasstire and Arthouse at the Jones Center, June 21st, 2007

'Office: conference', 2007 inkjet print on packing paper with thread size 5"x7" inches		'Office: conference', 2007 (detail) inkjet print on packing paper with thread size 5"x7" inches
'Office: high five', 2007 inkjet print on packing paper with thread size 5"x7" inches		'Office: high five', 2007 (detail) inkjet print on packing paper with thread size 5"x7" inches
'Diagram with Yarn', 2007 thread and yarn on board size 5"x7" inches		Diagram with Yarn', 2007 (detail) thread and yarn on board size 5"x7" inches

Exhibition: "Vestiges - student thesis exhibition", April 20th - May 5th, 2007
at the Poissant Gallery, Houston, Texas

Vestiges, from the Latin word 'vestigium', recalls something that is faintly visible or otherwise discernible, evidence of a former presence or existence of something that is no longer present. To wit, all the artists in this group draw on vestiges of past experiences, nostalgia, and recycled imagery for their straight photography, mixed media, or digitally altered imagery.

Artists: Cory Billeaud, Guido Bolanos, Susan Brubaker, Jason Conger, Chris Hitt, Libby Johnston, Ryan J. Kirk, Kerrisa Maddocks, Charles Medellin, Vera Misteau Mitchell, Gabe Nolan, Ariane Roesch, John Silva, Lorie Suter

installation view "Vestiges"		installation view "Vestiges"
installation view Ryan J. Kirk		installation view of my wall
installation view "Das ist eine harte Nuss! (That is a tough nut to crack!)"		iDetail "...harte Nuss" (middle part)
Detail "...harte Nuss" (one end)		Detail "...harte Nuss" (other end)
"essential connections: a friendly brawl", 2007 uc inkjet print with red, yellow, and blue electrical wire and white surge protector		"Triple Diamond and Mr. 5cent ", 2007 uc inkjet print with red, green, and blue electrical wire and acrylic cube size 6" x 19" inches
		"Prost", 2007 uc inkjet print with red, yellow, and blue thread inside of PVC tubes with plexiglass base size 11" x 15.5" inches, installation variable

Exhibition: "Recent Work by Ariane Roesch and Andrew Taylor", February 3rd - March 3rd, 2007
at the DeSantos Gallery, Houston, Texas

installation view		installation view
installation view "Kabel Salat (Cable Salad)", an outside -		inside installation with orange thread
installation view "Kluge Koepfe (Smart Heads)" leading around		the corner with yarn
installation view part of "Essential Connections I" Series		"Much to do about nothing", 2006, edition 1/5 inkjet and screenprint on paper
"all down the Line", 2007 uc inkjet print with light purple thread 12"x16" inches		detail "all down the Line", 2007 uc inkjet print with light purple thread 12"x16" inches
"webs: strike Out", 2006 uc inkjet print with white yarn 9"x12" inches		detail "webs: strike Out", 2006 uc inkjet print with white yarn 9"x12" inches

Series: Essential Connections I
With the 'Essential Connections' Series, I used red, blue, and yellow thread, alluding to 'the basics', to expose the primary relationship between man and technology by juxtaposing work and leisure time. The threads are tought between the eyes, mouth, and ears of the person and their point of focus in work or play to spill out of the machanism driving the action, for example a volleyball or a typewriter.

Installation: "Occurrence" at the ARTCRAWL, Nov 18th, 2006, Houston, TX

Emerging from a traditional photographic background, Susan Brubaker, Vera Misteau Mitchell, and Ariane Roesch will be installing a portable viewing space which will house three intallations exploring the boundaries of the photographic image while deconstructing and bringing attention to social, political, and individual issues.
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Ariane Roesch's installaiton 'Sexy Machines: the perfect marketing tool', deals with advertising. She defines a 'sexy machine' as a woman placed into an ad for a technological product to make the already sleek product look even more appealing. These three 'Sexy Machines' are placed here as cutouts that are also 'plugged in', like their advertising partner, into the electricity feed via the pink string.

Series: Under the Hood

‘Under the Hood: 22’, 2006 ultra chrome inkjet print on wood with red electrical wire size 24” x 5.5” x 8” inches		detail ‘Under the Hood: 22’, 2006 ultra chrome inkjet print on wood with red electrical wire size 24” x 5.5” x 8” inches
‘Under the Hood: 30’, 2006 ultra chrome inkjet print on wood with red electrical wire size 24” x 5.5” x 8” inches		detail ‘Under the Hood: 30’, 2006 ultra chrome inkjet print on wood with red electrical wire size 24” x 5.5” x 8” inches

Beginnings...

‘Viva Slots’, 2006
ultra chrome inkjet print on packing paper with light blue thread
size 11” x 4.25” inches

‘Viva Technology’, 2006
ultra chrome inkjet print on packing paper with pink thread
size 13” x 4.25” inches

‘Siemens Cycle’, 2006
found image with light blue thread
size 7.25” x 5.5” inch