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Vice Versa
Vice Versa, 2013site specificred rubber balls, elastic string, metal arms, motors Vice Versa was a room filled with mechanized red bouncing balls attached to elastic strings hanging from turning windshield wiper motors. The motors were mounted to the 25 foot ceiling extending through the shiny, italic Zaha Hadid architecture at the Eli and Edythe Broad…
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Swarm
A large, mechanized mobile created site specifically for the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in East Lansing, MI that mimics the motion of a swarm of flies or bugs. A single motor slowly turns a wobbly wire apparatus which supports multiple pieces of thread occasionally holding a bit of lead and black wax. As…
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Maybe it’s supposed to
From a small hole in the wall (no bigger than one made by a nail or screw) soap bubbles sputter through. Almost unnoticeable, but showing potential in the unreachable spaces behind the wall.
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Still Life in Balance
Still Life in Balance (ongoing series), 2013 pot lid, thread, two kernels of popcorn, light yellow bar of soap (used), pile of pepper, two sprays of Chanel No. 5, pistachio shell and remainder of supporting string, small white plate with a kernel of popcorn and two eyelashes, broken piece of concrete, eraser from a pencil,…
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Everything’s different when it’s over
Everything’s different when it’s over, 2013dimensions variablefloor lamp, wood, thread, black wax, wire, sinkers, motor A mechanized mobile creates an erratic circuit for a small piece of hanging black wax resembling that of a pesky housefly. The fly “buzzes” above a floor lamp that is leaning against the wall (neither fallen nor standing). The piece…
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Hot Pants
Hot Pants, 2013table base, motor, wood, white table cloth
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Breathing Room
A full room installation in which piles of soap bubbles accumulate from removed knots in the wooden floor animating inaccessible spaces while giving the viewer room to contemplate poetic depth in architecture. All “action” in the room comes from the negative spaces including the air flow, lighting and the soap bubbles from the knots in…
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My Pleasure
My Pleasure is a site specific installation at Land of Tomorrow Gallery in Louisville, KY. Within an empty room with an old installed wooden floor, a brown paper bag extending from the wall expands and contracts creating a rhythmic crinkling sound. It mimics hyperventilation, but is also tender and fragile. At the same time, soap bubbles appear and collect around a hole in the floor; a miniature black object swings…
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Dough
Dough, 2011 performance flour, water, yeast, heat element, tea pot, kitchen table, flour sack towels, timers, wooden platform Many batches of bread dough were created throughout the course of an evening (as many as possible within the physical limits and time constraints). The platform contained all of the action and materials needed to created the…
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Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge or Vice Versa
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge or Vice Versa, 2011motor, string, rubber ball A red, rubber ball attached to an elastic string extends up to the rafters where a spinning mechanical arm continuously yanks the string upward. The ball bounces on the floor in a bored manner producing a monotonous tapping in the space.