SaraNoa Mark‘s practice examines traces left by time, in landscapes and in collective memory. Their practice is founded in the construction of memory and the notion that objects tell stories that memory cannot retain. Carving is at the core of their practice, in dialogue with other carved languages from cuneiform tablets to sidewalk graffiti – that document an eternal impulse to score picture into place. In their reliefs, time is counted through repeated carved gestures. These marks accumulate in works that form a physical accounting, providing an alternative means of measuring time.
SaraNoa Mark, Prayer for Rain, 2022. Carved clay in aluminum pool, collected water. 24 x 23 inches panel in 27 x 26 inches aluminum pool. Image courtesy of the artist.