Carson Williams is an interdisciplinary artist and philosopher from Metairie, Louisiana. Through a combination of moldmaking, digital technologies, and fabric assemblage, he creates interdimensional sculptures and installations which comparatively examine the limits of human knowledge with the ontological realities that constitute them. Cast human forms emerge amidst swirls of objects, and the constraints of subjectivity manifest through incomplete or distorted 3D scans. At the intersection of metaphysics and aesthetics, the work of Carson Williams explores alternate realities that coexist within the material and virtual planes and raises questions of to what extent our understanding of the world truly maps onto it or is a mere construction.
He received dual degrees from Florida Atlantic University: a BFA in studio art with a concentration in sculpture, and a BA in philosophy with a minor in computer science. This dual-aspect exploration of concept and theme through the visual and written forms simultaneously constitute the heart of his core project. Each sculpture, multimedia installation, or publication represents a movement towards the interdisciplinary, towards synthesis of art and philosophy, of form and concept. He is currently pursuing his MA in philosophy from Louisiana State University while building a new body of visual works exploring the theme of the grotesque as allegory for the ontological forms which underlie our processed view of reality. The grotesque, for Carson Williams, is the moment of discomfort which arises when bare reality rears its head amidst our unsuspecting, incomplete simulation to remind us of our limited understanding of the world.