The cast-bronze pretzel rods of Mnemonic have been accurately  painted to mimic the subject’s golden-brown crust, with specks of  salt, and welded together, with epoxy painted to look like chewing  gum at the joints. Standing roughly six feet tall and four feet  wide, the complex and airy form operates somewhere between  abstract sculpture and an impromptu gesture toward an imagined  architecture. Titled after a device or tactic for remembering specific  information, Mnemonic acts as a reminder that the basic urge to be  creative, to play, and to use sculpture translate ideas into form is  intrinsic to the lived experience. Pretzel rods and chewing gum were  chosen as the suggestive building blocks and adhesive for this work  because of their ubiquity and relatability. These common objects  being repurposed as building material also implies that the making  happened urgently and spontaneously, with pretzels and gum  being readily available with newly distinguished potential. The  everyday quality also offers an ease of access, giving the audience  the opportunity to imagine doing the same exercise of building a  three-dimensional form or pursuing another improvisational creative  act by shifting their lens to see and apply common objects in  unconventional ways. 

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