Isabel Schneider ​​​​

Art

Paintings

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Works on Paper

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Installations

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Distance, As Measured in Heartbeats

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We live in a moment in history when distance is often irrelevant to our friendships. The people we love may live over a thousand miles away, yet we don't consider the distance because we can communicate instantaneously with them over the phone or internet, whether they be in Singapore, Hyderbad, or Atlanta.

This piece is an appreciation for the physical distance between me and my loved ones. Each of the contour lines represents the distance it would take to walk/swim to different locations in the world that house people I miss. Each inch represents 100 miles. I calculated out not only the miles—and the potential routes—but also how long it would take me in hours and minutes to get there. I measured my steps and my breathing patterns to see just how many inhalations, exhalations, and footsteps would be physically required to get there. Finally, I plotted out how many heartbeats separated me from those I hold dear.

20 Illustrations of a Life

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Perhaps it arose from being the navigator during so many cross-country roadtrips (before the days of GPS devices), or perhaps it was inspired by my frequent moving and a desire to find myself through geography, but regardless of the causes, I have a long-running fascination with maps. I love the idea of exploring the self through landscape and vice versa.

I began this piece when I was twenty years old. I wrote down the most significant event that had happened in each year that I had lived. Then I began finding ways to illustrate those events through the delicate, abstract contour lines found in topographical maps. For example, my brutal middle school years (where I was often the kid being picked on) were represented with a desert-scape filled with craters (which also bore an uncanny physical resemblance to my 6th grade acne). The process of editing one's entire temporal experience down to twenty events was emotionally exhausting. There were a lot of memories—many quite painful—that had to be sorted through.

But this piece began to evolve beyond my own experiences. When I started talking to others about it they were intrigued. One friend, without any prompting, presented me with her list of twenty life-changing moments. Eventually I actually began soliciting lists. There were no real rules or guidelines. People could be as vague or detailed as they pleased, and I made sure they could submit anonymously. The project grew far beyond what I had anticipated. I started a group on an internet social network for submissions. People I hadn't seen for years who had become practical strangers sent me lists describing very personal, often traumatic episodes. I was getting lists from strangers abroad. I was astounded, and deeply touched by the response.

This project is far from finished, but here is a sampling of the first few icosohedrons.

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