Artist's Statement
My name is Albertus Gorman and I live along the Ohio River in Louisville, KY. For over twenty years I have been the self-designated Artist at Exit 0 at the Falls of the Ohio State Park across the river in Clarksville, IN. I love this small state park, a dynamic environment full of life, history and myth. I am adding my own interpretive and artistic chapter here by using river-altered materials and discarded objects that wash upon the riverbank. I like finding, documenting, collecting, and using materials mostly on site preferring to see what I do framed in a natural context.
Water is the universal solvent and the universal consciousness too. This can be seen in the myriad forms of random, mostly plastic artifacts I find that floated downriver into the park and were made and discarded on our watch. These river-patinated artifacts can reveal much about a culture through what they produced and valued. I try to redeem these often-poor materials by turning them into something aesthetic or life enhancing like art can be. The quality of our water is also an aesthetic choice. Water is at its most life-enhancing when it is clean and full of life.
There is a bit of alchemy at play here in trying to turn base materials into something else worth noticing that is contemporary and relevant. I am also a believer in the value of universal creativity and try to practice this and encourage it in others. I am excited to be working alongside the Kentucky Waterways Alliance in support of all the great work they continue to do.
Albertus Gorman/Artist at Exit 0
Water is the universal solvent and the universal consciousness too. This can be seen in the myriad forms of random, mostly plastic artifacts I find that floated downriver into the park and were made and discarded on our watch. These river-patinated artifacts can reveal much about a culture through what they produced and valued. I try to redeem these often-poor materials by turning them into something aesthetic or life enhancing like art can be. The quality of our water is also an aesthetic choice. Water is at its most life-enhancing when it is clean and full of life.
There is a bit of alchemy at play here in trying to turn base materials into something else worth noticing that is contemporary and relevant. I am also a believer in the value of universal creativity and try to practice this and encourage it in others. I am excited to be working alongside the Kentucky Waterways Alliance in support of all the great work they continue to do.
Albertus Gorman/Artist at Exit 0
Albertus displayed his work at KWA's Wild & Scenic Film Festival on June 17, 2021 at the Sauerbeck Family Drive-In.
He is the Kentucky Waterways Alliance Creative Water Consultant for 2021-2022.
He is the Kentucky Waterways Alliance Creative Water Consultant for 2021-2022.
