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KATHERINE KNIGHT
Tech Fatigue
Pencil, gouache, and collage on paper
24 x 18 in.
Courtesy of the artist
ARTIST STATEMENT
I make self-portraits to better understand the many roles I play in my life: daughter, friend, wife, mother, sister-in-law, professor, colleague, and advocate. When the pandemic hit, I suddenly became my household's sole wage earner. This drawing represents the love-hate relationship I developed with my devices as the social, professional, and educational lives of me and my family were reduced to their tiny screens: grateful for the opportunity to connect with loved ones and keep working safely from home, afraid for my students and community members who were unable to do the same, frustrated by our isolation, bored by the monotony, worried as my son gradually disengaged from his school and friends, grieving over the headlines, powerless to do anything about any of it, and comforted, ultimately, by humor and a few hours spent in the studio. |