Artist Statement

Routine is also imposed on me through the constant flow of information that comes via "snail-mail" into my home and workplace. I bring the mail in, I sort through and keep what I need to live my life (bills and such) and that which gets shredded and/or goes into the recycling bin. At some point, this routine (any routine) becomes a cycle and the cycle takes hold. 

In this work I am happy to bring in the future recyclable info-garbage, parse it out of its context of capitalistic routine and once again create my own context. In the end, what is created is also object, but I hope also a humorous and interesting way to view and interact with the mundane.

This recycling of daily minutiae provides the ground layer for Soyer’s latest experiments with her materials. Still recycling leftover paint and other substances, by pouring and scraping, new textures and meanings are revealed. The paint has a sculptural presence. Yellow is the predominant color; thus the title, but even that is a result of what was available to repurpose and reuse. For Soyer, nothing ever completely disappears. We may forget it for a while, but its presence remains.