Arc Ship
Arc Ship
Arc Ship
Ghost of New Zeniths
2018
wood, fabric, metal, shed snake skin
53 x 34 x 26 inches
Ghost of New Zeniths
2018
wood, fabric, metal, shed snake skin
53 x 34 x 26 inches
Ghost of New Zeniths
2018
wood, fabric, metal, shed snake skin
53 x 34 x 26 inches
Phantom
2018
pens, markers, acrylic
24 x 26 inches
Proof
2018
pens, markers, acrylic
24 x 26 inches
Witness
2018
pens, markers, acrylic
24 x 26 inches
Quantum of Disclosure
2018
epoxy resin, paint, wood, plastic, raspberry pi
4 1/2 x 7 x 2 1/2 feet
Demonstration of the translation system
Quantum of Disclosure
2018
epoxy resin, paint, wood, plastic, raspberry pi
4 1/2 x 7 x 2 1/2 feet
Quantum of Disclosure
2018
epoxy resin, paint, wood, plastic, raspberry pi
4 1/2 x 7 x 2 1/2 feet
Quantum of Disclosure
2018
epoxy resin, paint, wood, plastic, raspberry pi
4 1/2 x 7 x 2 1/2 feet
Quantum of Disclosure
2018
epoxy resin, paint, wood, plastic, raspberry pi
4 1/2 x 7 x 2 1/2 feet
What We Could Save From Your Pentecost
2018
bones, leafs, wood, LED, cast aluminum, paint, faux fur
6 x 5 x 3 feet
What We Could Save From Your Pentecost
2018
bones, leafs, wood, LED, cast aluminum, paint, faux fur
6 x 5 x 3 feet
What We Could Save From Your Pentecost
2018
bones, leafs, wood, LED, cast aluminum, paint, faux fur
6 x 5 x 3 feet
Site Lines
2018
skulls, paint
20 x 59 inches
Site Lines
2018
skulls, paint
20 x 59 inches
Symptoms of Retrograde
2018
epoxy resin, wood, plastic, fabric, kinetic system, paint
84 x 38 x 27 inches
Symptoms of Retrograde
2018
epoxy resin, wood, plastic, fabric, kinetic system, paint
84 x 38 x 27 inches
Symptoms of Retrograde
2018
epoxy resin, wood, plastic, fabric, kinetic system, paint
84 x 38 x 27 inches
Symptoms of Retrograde
2018
epoxy resin, wood, plastic, fabric, kinetic system, paint
Symptoms of Retrograde
2018
epoxy resin, wood, plastic, fabric, kinetic system, paint
All of the artwork in Event Horizon are representations of personal thoughts on how the racial constructs of American society would react when confronted with the confirmed existence of extraterrestrial life (specifically, civilizations on other planets). While reflecting on that confrontation, parallels to contemporary manifestations in American society of Othering, and the experience of a loved one with vestibular schwannomas and neurofibromatosis appeared to reveal themselves. Those apparent parallels facilitated the creation of a fictional narrative, and out of that narrative aesthetic and conceptual threads flowed to connect all of the individual artworks to each other.
Some of the threads: motivation and/or desires of extraterrestrial intelligence for contacting humanity found in the novel Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer, disembodiment of Black Americans illustrated in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me, Others (from Husserl), ufology, the juxtaposition of archaic and contemporary technology, imagery of eyes and ears, mold making and casting as a creative process, A = B B = C C = A.
Event Horizon exhibited at Swanson Contemporary, October 2018