Resting State
2’5” x 3’5” x 1’7”
Plywood, Polycarbonate, TV, Video
2021
2021 Emerging Artist
Artist Statement
Resting State is a meditation on my time here as an emerging artist resident – making art, building relationships, and exploring what the park has to offer. The box was built over the course of a month then brought to the woods on the other side of Franconia. As depicted in the video, I rolled the box throughout several different trails, visiting some of my favorite pieces, before landing here. The performance began at 7:00 and ended at dusk, to capture the sunset and transition to night.
The title of the piece, “Resting State”, is a psychology reference. Several studies in recent years have been researching what brain activity occurs when not in the process of completing a specific task. What is interesting, is that they see large differences in the areas of activity from individual to individual. Free from work and many of my everyday obligations, I consider much of my time here at Franconia to be in a resting state.
Michael Lonchar
Born: Waterbury, CT
Resides: Barkhamsted, CT
Education
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, BFA in Web and Multimedia, 2019