Rebecca Griffith

Griffith excavates material from VHS cassettes discussing the human body, the human nervous system, nostalgia, and memory. Her work examines the process of coping and caregiving for a parent’s illness from a young age to adulthood. By quilting from VHS magnetic tape, neon lights, installations, and videos; a time in her life is recalled when the artist’s mother was not suffering from multiple sclerosis and running a video store in the early 1990s. The series, Video Magic, reflects upon the empathetic idea of what and how something can be cared for, and how to extend the life of something; whether it be a person or a VHS cassette.