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 Jason DeWaard lives in West Medford and works as a media technician at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. He considers himself foremost a musician, setting time aside daily to practice his technique, collaborate with other musicians and artists, record, and create. While studying music at Berklee College of Music in the early ’90s, his art history professor inspired him to create visual art. He’s been experimenting, layering, creating, and assembling ever since. In his career as a media technician, he’s responsible for repairing and retiring old technologies as they become obsolete. He’s fascinated by how mechanical things work and by the beauty of their parts. He salvages parts from broken equipment to incorporate into his work, removing them from their original context and function to redefine their meaning and purpose. The ideals of reuse and recycling play a large role in his life both inside and outside of the studio. ARTIST STATEMENT Afterlife: Works by Jason DeWaard “Sound is a vibration of air molecules that, for the purpose of visualization, is usually represented linearly. The quality of the sound can be represented in a sine, square, or triangular pattern. The volume of the sound is represented by the up and down axis of the sound wave. Okay. This is probably extremely boring – but these are things I think about as I work, trying foremost to create paintings that are visually appealing, rhythmic, and harmonic. Obviously, my interest in technology is also pervasive in my pieces. Working in the I.T. field has afforded me access to, and the discovery of, a wealth of amazing little ‘jewels’ buried deep inside various obsolete computer components. It amazes (and appalls) me how much computer equipment is thrown away on a daily basis. Where does it all go? This show focuses on giving these bits of spent technology an ‘afterlife’ – a chance to avoid becoming landfill for just a bit longer. Also, it showcases the beauty and intensity of these spent components, each designed and engineered for its functional purpose and then hidden away from view. I hope that, in the end, people who see my work will experience the color and rhythm of the paintings as well as recognizing the electronic and computer parts as works of art unto themselves. My paintings create environments for these hidden ‘jewels’ to live again.” Contact :
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