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Emotive Dominion captures the hands during competition, transforming athletic dominance, resistance, grace, and resolution into images that reflect the mind’s commands and the heart’s emotions in the heat of battle.

Hands are essential tools in athletic competition as well as powerful conveyors of emotion, intention, and the human condition. While faces often draw most of our attention, it’s the hands that tell a more nuanced story— one of strength, strategy, grace, resilience, and
connection.

Emotive Dominion brings attention to the often- overlooked but profoundly impactful role of hands in the high-stakes moments of athletic competition. Athletic competition may take the form of rapidly moving between two points, striking a stationary sphere, or preventing an opponent from crossing a defined plane. Yet, in all its forms, competition demands a harmony ofbody and mind. Strategies are assessed, discarded, and modified in near simultaneous synchronicity, as athletes respond to and counter their opponents’ actions. Athletes spend years honing their bodies, striving to maximize performance and outcome.

Preparing

Jan 3rd -Feb 22nd 2025

Artist Reception: Sunday Jan 19th & Feb 16th 2-4pm

Holding On

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