Dreamery, Redo’s and Such, 2006, digital video, size variable, TRT: :003:35.
Para-, 2014 (Performance Still) hand blown glass, rubber, performers, size variable.
In Para-, performers gaze into each other’s eyes thru a blown glass device. The piece requires complete participation as the delicate sculpture is held in place solely by the pressure of the two performers coming together. Para- was originally performed in 2004 and re-invented in 2014 as a part of Skowhegan performs at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens. In this iteration I collaborated with dancers nyx zierhut and Lollo Romanski in order to create movement in response to and in collaboration with artist Edward Schexnayder’s installation, Homeland 2014. Homeland, (seen in the background) is a wall of alternating one-way and two-way mirrors that slice a simple picnic table in half, highlighting the importance of position and privilege in defining one’s perspective. During the performance dancers remain locked in eachothers gaze and reciprocal movement as they traversed the length of the park on a busy Saturday afternoon ending at the installations site. Performers nyx zierhut and Lollo Romanski are both apart of Lava which is a self-proclaimed feminist acrobatic dance company known for feats that push the boundaries of dance, gravity and gender expectations.
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Debauched Zeitgeist, 2006, Digital Video Loop, TRT: 4:00:00.
Debauched Zeitgeist is a composite moving image created from the cover of 2live Crews’ 1989 controversial album, “As Nasty As They Want to Be”, which was the first album to be legally deemed obscene in the U.S. In the original album cover the four members of 2live Crew face the camera beneath the women’s legs. In Debauched Zeitgeist, the original image is altered, and the four men beneath have been removed. Four small videos animate the women’s hair and are layered with ocean footage shot near the Gulf in Miami. The four women remain gazing out at the ocean at a passing boat while their hair blows in the breeze.
How Does Newness Come Into the World (installation view), 2008, monitors, digital video loop TRT: 00:06:00.
In "How Does Newness Come Into the World", image data is plugged into a program that randomly selects and scales pixels. The two image timelines serve as source imagery for each monitor and corresponding video. Left monitor: contains an image data timeline that consists of an image of George Bush, the American flag, caution sign Right monitor: contains an image data timeline that consists of an image of Osama Bin Laden, Iraqi interim flag, caution sign.