Event Recordings

Description
January 22, 2025 virtual presentation accompanying the exhibtiion, Fugitive Color: Sensing the Fade, on view November 25, 2024–January 31, 2025.
As a Color Lab Faculty Fellow in Fall 2022, Timothy Veske-McMahon (Associate Professor, Jewelry + Metalsmithing) explored fugitive pigments and dyes—colors that fade or transform over time. His work, featuring large-scale automotive air fresheners, evokes a desire for renewal while signaling lingering effects—whether stale, rotten, or mysterious. Through hues that shift and lighten under UV exposure, these pieces highlight the impermanence of histories, identities, and environmental connections as they fade and transform. Placed within the academic space, the installation invites viewers to reflect on the role of institutions in preserving—or neglecting—cultural memory. It challenges us to reconsider how we engage with and acknowledge our histories, suggesting that fading color, like a dissipating scent, becomes a metaphor for loss, distance, recognition, and the call for renewal.
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Event Date
1-22-2025
Publisher
Rhode Island School of Design
City
Providence
Disciplines
Art and Design | Metal and Jewelry Arts
Recommended Citation
Veske-McMahon, Timothy; RISD Color Lab; and Department, Jewelry + Metalsmithing, "Faculty Fellow Timothy Veske-McMahon | Fugitive Color: Sensing the Fade" (2025). Event Recordings. 8.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/colorlab_events_recordings/8
