Senior Project creative, inspiring
Sharon Salmon/A&E Editor
Issue date: 9/7/05 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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Deitchman's exhibit, located outside Haggar near the Capp Bar, features eight separate but related pieces. The table in the center of the exhibit explains the other seven steel sculptures surrounding it.
"The table acts as a map for the whole show," he explained.
The stainless steel table has been etched with images of the seven continents, which Deitchman wishes to represent in his seven pieces.
"I always loved looking at maps and atlases and how continents were shaped, and I always imagined what they would look like if they were different," he said.
Deitchman's mission statement is etched onto the table as well, but the message is not easy to decipher: the entire proclamation, which reads as a poem, is written backwards.
He is not "making fun of us country folk," as one commentator questioned, but attempting to inspire imagination in others.
"I want people to have to think about what they are reading," he said.
"It's not a political statement," he clarified. "It's not meant to change the world in any way. I just want people to use their imagination."
In his written account of the origins of this exhibit, Deitchman refers to "new dimensions [and] new territories," which refer not only to the continents represented within his art, but also to the places to which the mind has not yet traveled.
Deitchman's choice of material was not arbitrary, but symbolic.
"I like [steel] because it's durable, but it rusts, as well as because of its entropic quality," he said. "It's a very durable material, but it will eventually disintegrate."
The exhibit runs through Sept. 10; there will be a closing reception 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 9.
Deitchman is married to fellow UD alum Katherine Norman.
He has served in the Marines for twelve years and plans on returning to duty in January.