2012 - 2018
Nine Ocean Bottom Seismometer cases, Glass, Plexiglass, Metal, Plastic, Wood, Smart TVs, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Custom-built Electronics
34 x 180 x 180 inches
Detail of United States Geological Survey’s website showing real-time seismic activity worldwide (upper television) and viewer’s footsteps being registered on local seismometer (lower television).
Each of the nine glass hemispheres in the sculpture sits atop a plexiglass cube on which a mallet-rigged system is built to strike the spheres when activated by real-time seismic activity based on live data provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). There are approximately fifty earthquakes worldwide per day. One of the nine spheres houses a working seismometer, which consequently will read and display on a screen the frequency at which the spheres are being hit by the mallets as well as the movements caused by the footsteps of people in the gallery viewing the work. Ideally this sculpture will encourage viewers to consider the macro and micro processes through which we interact with the physical world on a daily basis. The resonating sound made by the mallets hitting the glass alters the space physically and psychologically as the sculpture quite literally creates a composition of tones correlating to the movement of the earth.
concept drawing
2013-2014
(24 variations with red background in IKEA Frames)
Paper, Ink, Wood, Paint
118 x 156 x 78 inches
Compressed Particleboard, Paint, Metal, Cement Residue, Silicone, 45 x 45 x 45 and 30 x 30 x 30 inches
Märker “Trass” Cement, Suevite (exhibiting 4 stages of Shock Metamorphism from meteorite impact), Microscopic Diamonds. Dimensions Variable, Individual Polyhedrons 45 x 45 x 45 and 30 x 30 x 30 inches
Detail
Still of Film, 10 minutes
Steel, Stone (Suevite containing melted material and microscopic diamonds)
80 x 61 x 36 inches
paintings, drawings, prints, fossils, models
Dimensions Variable
2012
Metal, Fiberglass, Resin, Lead, Plexiglass, Water, Plastic, and Paint
62 x 144 x 144 inches
detail
2009 - 2018
mixed media
metal, nylon, velcro
43 x 43 x 43 inches
plastic, nylon, metal, unfired clay and grog
72 x 36 x 30 inches
unfired clay, plastic, nylon, and metal
variable dimensions
nylon, wood, cotton, and tape
48 x 18 x 18 inches
2009 - 2010
cardboard, wood, tape, plaster, halogen light
100 x 4 x 4 inches
metal, plaster, rubber
variable dimensions
clay, plastic, wood, fiber, cardboard, paper
variable dimensions
detail
metal, plastic, rubber, nylon
60 x 36 x 5 inches
metal, plastic, water, wood, paper, and paint
60 x 36 x 5 inches
2018 - 2019
Aerial Film, PVC, Metal
60 x 60 x 60 inches
The nearly two-million-year-old Neuse River is one of the oldest in what is now known as the United States and stretches some 275 miles across the state of North Carolina. Its waters traverse ancient rift basins created during the break-up of the supercontinent Pangea and accumulate behind dams of the modern epoch before flowing onward to the global ocean. Rivers have the capacity to tell stories; to connect the past, the present and the future.
The River Cube Project explores the Neuse River as a unique environment created and influenced by relationships between nature, people, and technology. The Project is the catalyst for the collection and creation of context-specific materials that take the form of sculpture, drawings, data, audio visual materials, scientific and social studies that synthesize and reflect - present a sampling of - the Neuse River’s diversity and complexity.
In April/May of 2019, the River Cube was constructed and exhibited in the Gregg Museum of Art and Design. In May, the River Cube was taken from the museum to its launch site: the headwaters of the Eno River, the source of the Neuse river. Over the course of approximately three weeks, the River Cube Project drifted, paddled, peddled and sailed down river with artists, scientists and other guests gathering diverse social and environmental data and information that has become part of the Project’s archive. The River Cube Project stopped in cities, small towns and wilderness along the “route” to collect information and to join and create dialogue about the river and relationships it creates and hosts. Once the vessel crossed through the Ocracoke Inlet, the 275-mile journey was complete. The Project will culminate in a curated exhibition of the River Cube vessel and the Project’s collection.