Project Type: Kinetic

  • Placeholder

    Placeholder

    Placeholder, 2021duvet, rubber, spray foam, water, pump

  • Over and Done

    Over and Done

    Over and Done, 2020floor lamp, bucket, rug, rag, wax, tubing, pump, water

  • On and On

    On and On

    On and On, 2010 dimensions variable string, brass tip, motor, wood A pull-string bounces over and over as if being tugged on and off. The simple pull string references attics, basements, luminescence and progress opening up the ideas around and relationship with this simple utilitarian object.

  • Knock Knock

    Knock Knock

    Knock Knock, 2017 silk plant in basket, thread, motor, rod

  • My Pleasure

    My Pleasure

    My Pleasure, 2012 site specific wood, motors, cigarette, string, thread, fans, wire, soap, brown paper bag, wax 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…

  • Swarm

    Swarm

    Swarm, 20136x6x14 feetlead sinkers, over-the-hill birthday candle wax, thread, wire, motor, latex tubing 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…

  • Making Room

    Making Room

    sinkers, over-the-hill birthday candle wax, thread, wire, motors, latex tubing (site specific) Making Room was the inaugural exhibition for PAR-Projects in Cincinnati, OH. The location informs the content and form of pieces. Thirteen large mechanized mobiles mimic the motion of bugs swarming. The motion of each small piece is connected to those around them creating…

  • Threshold

    Threshold

    A doorknob rotates occasionally pushing away from the wooden surface. The planks are simply leaning against the wall in a haphazard manner making the subtle, constant motion of the doorknob quite uncanny.

  • Weight

    Weight

    The movement of a small piece of black wax on the side of an unassuming cardboard box seems to be a fly at first glance, but then calls the assumptions of the viewer into question.

  • Over Do It

    Over Do It

    Over Do It, 2017 towel, motor, rod, tubing