Matthew Naftzger

Obscure purpose, lost history. Finding an ancient machine part on a deserted beach is my kind of spiritual moment. I picture my creations similarly being found by an yet-unknown culture in an uncertain future. Re-purposed objects have their own evolution, including dead-ends, mistakes and miscalculations. The pieces may be functional in a Rube Goldberg-esque fashion or purely dys-functional. A bit of fiction within the function? The idea of the found artifact began within my work almost twenty years ago. It has resurfaced and seems to be staring intently at me. My new work is looking back. “