Susan White






Mindgames refers to a body of work that incorporates multiple media -- video, audio, photography, drawing, sculpture -- in service to a common concern..

Mindgames, is the manifestation of the haunting self talk that follows each of us around; thoughts that chase us into unknown territories propelled by fear; that dog us until we finally take a dreaded action knowing that we must, try as we might to evade it. These varied works represent the voices that accompany us through life.

They are the source of both the praising and the damning thoughts that dwell within our minds. "What if I can't do this? What if I can't? What if this doesn't happen? It has to happen. I am going to make this happen. I am going to do this... What if I can't? What if I can't do this?"

Like cockroaches that skitter around and scurry away only to return when we let our guard down, these mental harassments lurk around the edges of our minds, playing with us at moments of weakness or fatigue.

Yet, these mental machinations hold the power to spur us on. With determination we can marshal them as tools for transformation. I can do this. I will do this.

We are both unwitting victim and resolute designer.

At times conveyed through works on paper, at times with video or digital imagery, and sometimes through sound, these varied media attempt to visualize our thoughts.