Inspired by the constructs of storytelling, Augusta Sparks Farnum generates a library of sculptures and gestural imagery to assemble installations. Her work comes from the edge of the forest to the edge of the sea and is informed by light, shadow and the landscape, as she is a fifth generation photographer. Working with lines, both metaphorically and literally, references the duality of magic and realism. Augusta defines her process as sense making, or an enacted, in motion thinking in the creative practice to come towards an understanding. Materiality is an impermanent vehicle in the work. It is the attention to the contamination where things meet, that directs the sense making.

This attention, to where things meet, extends to collaboration and intersections of fields. Historically, Augusta Sparks has worked with doctors, scientists, engineers, foresters, and other artists. The MFA thesis research considers the sense making process for creatives, and a field guide accompanies her MFA thesis work.

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Image: Walking at Night, 2023. Softwood nanofiber, copper medallions, and hemp cord. Parsonage Gallery. Searsport, Maine.

List image: Walking with, 2024 Contact Improv Performance by Rori Smith Parsonage Gallery. Photograph by Augusta Sparks. Filmed for for Maine Mini Fest, Space Gallery, Portland Maine.