Statement:

RUETER’S WORK IS AN EXPLORATION OF HOW OUR PHYSICAL BODIES NAVIGATE SPACE, ENGAGE WITH THE EXTERNAL WORLD, AND BEAR THE WEIGHT OF OUR UNCONSCIOUS PATTERNS.

RUETER FORCES THE VIEWER TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF FORM, ALONGSIDE THE FRAGMENTS THAT COME WITH BEING CONFINED TO ONLY THE BODILY FACADE. BY LOOKING BEYOND THE PHYSICAL FORM WE OFTEN HOLD OURSELVES TO, WE FORMULATE A COMPREHENSIVE, HONEST LOOK AT WHAT LIES WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE MIND. HER WORK ASKS VIEWERS TO TAP BACK INTO THE VISCERAL CONNECTION, THE INNATE SENSE OF BODILY KNOWING- TO ACTUALLY INHABIT AND CONFRONT OUR ROLES. THE BODY CAN SPEAK VOLUMES WHEN WE ARE WILLING TO BECOME OBSERVANT AND FORTHRIGHT.

THROUGH THIS WE CAN SEE THE UNCONSCIOUS BEING PROCESSED THROUGH BODILY MOTION. THE WAY ONE HOLDS THEIR BODY IN SPACE IS AN INSIGHT TO A DEEPER NARRATIVE; A LANGUAGE THAT DEFIES ARTICULATION. THIS SILENT DIALOGUE CAN BE A GLIMPSE INTO OUR EMOTIONAL STATE. THE WORK IS A CONFRONTATION OF THE UNCONSCIOUS PORTRAYAL FOUND BENEATH THE SURFACE OF RELATION, AUTONOMY, MATERIALISM, SENSORY EXPLORATION, AND EMOTIONAL REGULATION. RUETER’S WORK BRINGS TO LIGHT THE PROFOUND STRENGTH EMBEDDED WITHIN THE ACT OF OBSERVATION, UNDERSCORING THE NOTION THAT EACH OF US HARBORS EXPERIENCES CONCEALED BENEATH THE SHROUD OF OUR PHYSICAL EMBODIMENT, AWAITING DISCOVERY.