Hanging On 2017 charcoal, watercolor paper, vinyl 25 ft x 6 ft

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Material For a Loss to Venality 2017 Printed Book

Quickly following the inauguration in 2017 crucial information about climate change became unavailable through government agencies. I printed out a pamphlet of the 2016 Climate Indicators pamphlet in inkjet. In attempt to freeze a chunk of ice in an Ohio January winter I kept an iceberg shaped mold full of water and waited weeks for the temperatures to drop low enough to freeze the mold. (Which should have happened the first day.) Each day I journaled about new developments in the country such as the Muslim Ban and logged the temperature along with the historical average temperature. Once the mold did freeze I let the ice melt over the pages and wash their color. It was a marking of loss to sensibility in this country’s leadership. The book can be previewed below.

Reforestation 2017 10 trees, 10 concrete plaques, tape, wood, soil

Reforestation is an ongoing project where I planted (sans permission) 10 trees at a site on the campus of Ohio State. The location was previously a forest and has been converted to a power substation. The project began as an experiment to see if the trees would be taken down by landscaping, but as they continue to stand, I have also been caring for them.

Smokey the Bear 2017 projected video, plexiglass, pinewood

Viewers 2017 clay, acyrilic, solar filters, chalk, tape 80+ pieces 3inx3in3in each

Enclosure 2016 foam, plexi-glas, speaker, wood, fabric, plant, vinyl, acrylic

Spawned 2016 spider plant, wood, concrete, tar, dirt, resin, plastic, vinyl, plaster, wire, steel

18 Tigers 2016 tiger mask, steel, wood, silk, motor, chain, LCD screen, concrete, fencing, dirt

*The video component of this work is contains footage taken from the farm in Zanesville, Ohio where exactly 5 years prior 18 tigers, 17 African lions, 8 bears, 3 cougars, 2 wolves, 1 baboon, and 1 macaque were released from their enclosures, shot by the police and buried in a mass grave onsite.

The Farther It Goes 2016 4:45 video

Amber Waves 2017 concrete, silicone, plexiglass, watercolor, paper, latex paint, pigment

Swept 2015 dimensions variable: 9 ft x 6 ft x 9 ft; sod, push broom, electrical cords, gear motor, aluminum, wood, inkjet print, acrylic

Confer 2015 8 ft x 2 ft x 2 ft

Ficus tree, head phones, wood, hook, media player, extension cord, mulch

The headphones hang on the tree and invite the viewer to listen. The sound is composed of recordings taken while drilling the holes in the tree's trunk and threading the headphone's cord through.

Fabrication Studies 1-4 2014 Digital print on corrugated plastic, tar, aluminum, vinyl, linoleum, silk flower stems

Scaped 2013 solar lights, silk leaves, aluminum, inkjet print, acrylic, servos, arduino

New Floors 2013 sod, acrylic sealant, plastic

*in the duration of the show, the sod died as shown in the differences in the images

It is as Real as You Make it 2013 5:04 video

Saving the Lost 2013 silk flowers, concrete, servos, arduino

Peachy 2013 peaches, acrylic, steel rod

*The peaches decayed during the duration of three weeks

Bild, Ton, Worten, Materie

This installation took place in Magdeburg and was a part of Mystique a group show in an abandoned building organized by local collective, Kulturanker.

The installation investigates the how the visceral substance of environment such as image, material, sound, and text construct the identity of place. The images are the visual mapping of transitions from affluent to desolate parts of the city, the assemblage sculpture is an accumulation of materials from the photographs, the text is handwritten copy of found descriptions of Magdeburg, and the sound piece increases in volume as the viewer approaches and plays edited recordings taken from room of the installation. Projections of Magdeburg are taken from many mediums and sources, but accumulate as an installation to from an experience of the outside perspective.