Wait
Live actor, furniture, snow cradle, newspapers
Dimensions variable
2017
About the exhibition:
An iteration of Spartanburg Art Museum's Art2 series, Interlace: Time/Body was a series of performative works I conceived in response to the exhibition "Another Body." Four vignettes were designed and installed in the museum, including a bedroom, a bathroom, a waiting room, and a grassy "outdoor" area. Initiated by the sound of an alarm clock in the bedroom at 15 minute intervals, four actors gradually cycled through these vignettes over the course of the evening.
Each work was a distinct exploration of how one's bodily experience and/or daily routines may disrupt and befuddle the felt passage of time. Though time and the physical body are often thought of, logically, as separate entities (the 4th and 3rd dimension with the 4th in the driver's seat), the exhibition sought to playfully refute this notion by illustrating a coalescence of the two that allows the physical to control how the temporal is felt, perhaps more often than not, in day-to-day life.
Actors: Roderice Cardell, Anna Abhau Elliott, Alastair Mann, Connor Vetter
Photo: Lydia See
Sleep
Live actor, furniture, window blinds, alarm clock
Dimensions variable
2017
About the exhibition:
An iteration of Spartanburg Art Museum's Art2 series, Interlace: Time/Body was a series of performative works I conceived in response to the exhibition "Another Body." Four vignettes were designed and installed in the museum, including a bedroom, a bathroom, a waiting room, and a grassy "outdoor" area. Initiated by the sound of an alarm clock in the bedroom at 15 minute intervals, four actors gradually cycled through these vignettes over the course of the evening.
Each work was a distinct exploration of how one's bodily experience and/or daily routines may disrupt and befuddle the felt passage of time. Though time and the physical body are often thought of, logically, as separate entities (the 4th and 3rd dimension with the 4th in the driver's seat), the exhibition sought to playfully refute this notion by illustrating a coalescence of the two that allows the physical to control how the temporal is felt, perhaps more often than not, in day-to-day life.
Actors: Roderice Cardell, Anna Abhau Elliott, Alastair Mann, Connor Vetter
Photo: Lydia See
Exercise
Live actor, sod, cast concrete
Dimensions variable
2017
About the exhibition:
An iteration of Spartanburg Art Museum's Art2 series, Interlace: Time/Body was a series of performative works I conceived in response to the exhibition "Another Body." Four vignettes were designed and installed in the museum, including a bedroom, a bathroom, a waiting room, and a grassy "outdoor" area. Initiated by the sound of an alarm clock in the bedroom at 15 minute intervals, four actors gradually cycled through these vignettes over the course of the evening.
Each work was a distinct exploration of how one's bodily experience and/or daily routines may disrupt and befuddle the felt passage of time. Though time and the physical body are often thought of, logically, as separate entities (the 4th and 3rd dimension with the 4th in the driver's seat), the exhibition sought to playfully refute this notion by illustrating a coalescence of the two that allows the physical to control how the temporal is felt, perhaps more often than not, in day-to-day life.
Actors: Roderice Cardell, Anna Abhau Elliott, Alastair Mann, Connor Vetter
Hygiene
Live actor, personal effects, working sink, tile, mirror
Dimensions variable
2017
About the exhibition:
An iteration of Spartanburg Art Museum's Art2 series, Interlace: Time/Body was a series of performative works I conceived in response to the exhibition "Another Body." Four vignettes were designed and installed in the museum, including a bedroom, a bathroom, a waiting room, and a grassy "outdoor" area. Initiated by the sound of an alarm clock in the bedroom at 15 minute intervals, four actors gradually cycled through these vignettes over the course of the evening.
Each work was a distinct exploration of how one's bodily experience and/or daily routines may disrupt and befuddle the felt passage of time. Though time and the physical body are often thought of, logically, as separate entities (the 4th and 3rd dimension with the 4th in the driver's seat), the exhibition sought to playfully refute this notion by illustrating a coalescence of the two that allows the physical to control how the temporal is felt, perhaps more often than not, in day-to-day life.
Actors: Roderice Cardell, Anna Abhau Elliott, Alastair Mann, Connor Vetter
Wait
Live actor, furniture, snow cradle, newspapers
Dimensions variable
2017
About the exhibition:
An iteration of Spartanburg Art Museum's Art2 series, Interlace: Time/Body was a series of performative works I conceived in response to the exhibition "Another Body." Four vignettes were designed and installed in the museum, including a bedroom, a bathroom, a waiting room, and a grassy "outdoor" area. Initiated by the sound of an alarm clock in the bedroom at 15 minute intervals, four actors gradually cycled through these vignettes over the course of the evening.
Each work was a distinct exploration of how one's bodily experience and/or daily routines may disrupt and befuddle the felt passage of time. Though time and the physical body are often thought of, logically, as separate entities (the 4th and 3rd dimension with the 4th in the driver's seat), the exhibition sought to playfully refute this notion by illustrating a coalescence of the two that allows the physical to control how the temporal is felt, perhaps more often than not, in day-to-day life.
Actors: Roderice Cardell, Anna Abhau Elliott, Alastair Mann, Connor Vetter
Photo: Lydia See
Wait
Live actor, furniture, snow cradle, newspapers
Dimensions variable
2017
About the exhibition:
An iteration of Spartanburg Art Museum's Art2 series, Interlace: Time/Body was a series of performative works I conceived in response to the exhibition "Another Body." Four vignettes were designed and installed in the museum, including a bedroom, a bathroom, a waiting room, and a grassy "outdoor" area. Initiated by the sound of an alarm clock in the bedroom at 15 minute intervals, four actors gradually cycled through these vignettes over the course of the evening.
Each work was a distinct exploration of how one's bodily experience and/or daily routines may disrupt and befuddle the felt passage of time. Though time and the physical body are often thought of, logically, as separate entities (the 4th and 3rd dimension with the 4th in the driver's seat), the exhibition sought to playfully refute this notion by illustrating a coalescence of the two that allows the physical to control how the temporal is felt, perhaps more often than not, in day-to-day life.
Actors: Roderice Cardell, Anna Abhau Elliott, Alastair Mann, Connor Vetter
Photo: Lydia See
Wait
Live actor, furniture, snow cradle, newspapers
Dimensions variable
2017
About the exhibition:
An iteration of Spartanburg Art Museum's Art2 series, Interlace: Time/Body was a series of performative works I conceived in response to the exhibition "Another Body." Four vignettes were designed and installed in the museum, including a bedroom, a bathroom, a waiting room, and a grassy "outdoor" area. Initiated by the sound of an alarm clock in the bedroom at 15 minute intervals, four actors gradually cycled through these vignettes over the course of the evening.
Each work was a distinct exploration of how one's bodily experience and/or daily routines may disrupt and befuddle the felt passage of time. Though time and the physical body are often thought of, logically, as separate entities (the 4th and 3rd dimension with the 4th in the driver's seat), the exhibition sought to playfully refute this notion by illustrating a coalescence of the two that allows the physical to control how the temporal is felt, perhaps more often than not, in day-to-day life.
Actors: Roderice Cardell, Anna Abhau Elliott, Alastair Mann, Connor Vetter
Photo: Lydia See
Hygiene
Live actor, personal effects, working sink, tile, mirror
Dimensions variable
2017
About the exhibition:
An iteration of Spartanburg Art Museum's Art2 series, Interlace: Time/Body was a series of performative works I conceived in response to the exhibition "Another Body." Four vignettes were designed and installed in the museum, including a bedroom, a bathroom, a waiting room, and a grassy "outdoor" area. Initiated by the sound of an alarm clock in the bedroom at 15 minute intervals, four actors gradually cycled through these vignettes over the course of the evening.
Each work was a distinct exploration of how one's bodily experience and/or daily routines may disrupt and befuddle the felt passage of time. Though time and the physical body are often thought of, logically, as separate entities (the 4th and 3rd dimension with the 4th in the driver's seat), the exhibition sought to playfully refute this notion by illustrating a coalescence of the two that allows the physical to control how the temporal is felt, perhaps more often than not, in day-to-day life.
Actors: Roderice Cardell, Anna Abhau Elliott, Alastair Mann, Connor Vetter
Photo: Lydia See
Hygiene
Live actor, personal effects, working sink, tile, mirror
Dimensions variable
2017
About the exhibition:
An iteration of Spartanburg Art Museum's Art2 series, Interlace: Time/Body was a series of performative works I conceived in response to the exhibition "Another Body." Four vignettes were designed and installed in the museum, including a bedroom, a bathroom, a waiting room, and a grassy "outdoor" area. Initiated by the sound of an alarm clock in the bedroom at 15 minute intervals, four actors gradually cycled through these vignettes over the course of the evening.
Each work was a distinct exploration of how one's bodily experience and/or daily routines may disrupt and befuddle the felt passage of time. Though time and the physical body are often thought of, logically, as separate entities (the 4th and 3rd dimension with the 4th in the driver's seat), the exhibition sought to playfully refute this notion by illustrating a coalescence of the two that allows the physical to control how the temporal is felt, perhaps more often than not, in day-to-day life.
Actors: Roderice Cardell, Anna Abhau Elliott, Alastair Mann, Connor Vetter
Photo: Lydia See
Hygiene
Live actor, personal effects, working sink, tile, mirror
Dimensions variable
2017
About the exhibition:
An iteration of Spartanburg Art Museum's Art2 series, Interlace: Time/Body was a series of performative works I conceived in response to the exhibition "Another Body." Four vignettes were designed and installed in the museum, including a bedroom, a bathroom, a waiting room, and a grassy "outdoor" area. Initiated by the sound of an alarm clock in the bedroom at 15 minute intervals, four actors gradually cycled through these vignettes over the course of the evening.
Each work was a distinct exploration of how one's bodily experience and/or daily routines may disrupt and befuddle the felt passage of time. Though time and the physical body are often thought of, logically, as separate entities (the 4th and 3rd dimension with the 4th in the driver's seat), the exhibition sought to playfully refute this notion by illustrating a coalescence of the two that allows the physical to control how the temporal is felt, perhaps more often than not, in day-to-day life.
Actors: Roderice Cardell, Anna Abhau Elliott, Alastair Mann, Connor Vetter
Wait
Live actor, furniture, snow cradle, newspapers
Dimensions variable
2017
About the exhibition:
An iteration of Spartanburg Art Museum's Art2 series, Interlace: Time/Body was a series of performative works I conceived in response to the exhibition "Another Body." Four vignettes were designed and installed in the museum, including a bedroom, a bathroom, a waiting room, and a grassy "outdoor" area. Initiated by the sound of an alarm clock in the bedroom at 15 minute intervals, four actors gradually cycled through these vignettes over the course of the evening.
Each work was a distinct exploration of how one's bodily experience and/or daily routines may disrupt and befuddle the felt passage of time. Though time and the physical body are often thought of, logically, as separate entities (the 4th and 3rd dimension with the 4th in the driver's seat), the exhibition sought to playfully refute this notion by illustrating a coalescence of the two that allows the physical to control how the temporal is felt, perhaps more often than not, in day-to-day life.
Actors: Roderice Cardell, Anna Abhau Elliott, Alastair Mann, Connor Vetter
Exercise
Live actor, sod, cast concrete
Dimensions variable
2017
About the exhibition:
An iteration of Spartanburg Art Museum's Art2 series, Interlace: Time/Body was a series of performative works I conceived in response to the exhibition "Another Body." Four vignettes were designed and installed in the museum, including a bedroom, a bathroom, a waiting room, and a grassy "outdoor" area. Initiated by the sound of an alarm clock in the bedroom at 15 minute intervals, four actors gradually cycled through these vignettes over the course of the evening.
Each work was a distinct exploration of how one's bodily experience and/or daily routines may disrupt and befuddle the felt passage of time. Though time and the physical body are often thought of, logically, as separate entities (the 4th and 3rd dimension with the 4th in the driver's seat), the exhibition sought to playfully refute this notion by illustrating a coalescence of the two that allows the physical to control how the temporal is felt, perhaps more often than not, in day-to-day life.
Actors: Roderice Cardell, Anna Abhau Elliott, Alastair Mann, Connor Vetter
Photo: Lydia See
Exhibition detail of Sleeping, Exercising, and Waiting vignettes mid-performance
Spartanburg Art Museum
2017
Exhibition detail of Exercising vignette post-performance
Spartanburg Art Museum
2017
Exhibition detail of Waiting vignette post-performance
Spartanburg Art Museum
2017
10 - 15
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Solo Exhibition: Interlace: Time/Body
Shrine: Dissolution of the Idol
Pine, greenware, EPS, putty, chalk, paint, cloth, found objects
8' x 6' x 4'
2015
Shrine: Dissolution of the Idol
Detail image
Pine, greenware, EPS, putty, chalk, paint, cloth, found objects
8' x 6' x 4'
2015
Shrine: Dissolution of the Idol
Detail image
Pine, greenware, EPS, putty, chalk, paint, cloth, found objects
8' x 6' x 4'
2015
Shrine: Dissolution of the Idol
Detail image
Pine, greenware, EPS, putty, chalk, paint, cloth, found objects
8' x 6' x 4'
2015
Totem: Disillusion of the Idol
Motor, wood, paint
3' x 2' x 2'
2015
Totem: Disillusion of the Idol
Detail image
Motor, wood, paint
3' x 2' x 2'
2015
Shrine: Realism Requires the Question
Pine, basswood, faux and real daisies, gold leaf, found objects
8' x 4' x 3'
2015
Shrine: Realism Requires the Question
Detail image
Pine, basswood, faux and real daisies, gold leaf, found objects
8' x 4' x 3'
2015
Shrine: Realism Requires the Question
Detail image
Pine, basswood, faux and real daisies, gold leaf, found objects
8' x 4' x 3'
2015
Familiar Spirit (Land)
3D print, XPS, faux gold chain, steel, cardstock, paper, string, paint
20" x 12" x 12"
2015
Familiar Spirit (Sky)
Packing peanuts, steel, XPS, faux gold chain, dove feet, cardstock, string
20" x 12" x 8"
2015
Ex-Votos (Samsung E1207T & iPhone 4)
Pine, nails, cloth
30" x 4" x 6" each
2015 & 2016
Ex-Voto (iPhone 4) detail
Pine, nails, cloth
30" x 4" x 6"
2015
1 - 13
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Solo Exhibition: Mythopoeia and the Temporary Contemporary
Whittled Blueprint for a Fragile Condition
pine, steel, rock, gauze, manipulated cyanotypes
5.5' x 1' x 1'
2015
Totem of Limitation: Space
pine, steel, expanded polystyrene, wood putty, paint, chalk, rocks
5' x 2' x 3'
2015
Totem of Limitation: Space
pine, steel, expanded polystyrene, wood putty, paint, chalk, rocks
5' x 2' x 3'
2015
Totem of Limitation: Time
pine, steel, expanded polystyrene, wood putty, paint, chalk, rocks, gauze, manipulated cyanotypes
4' x 2' x 4'
2015
Totem of Limitation: Time
pine, steel, expanded polystyrene, wood putty, paint, chalk, rocks, gauze, manipulated cyanotypes
4' x 2' x 4'
2015
Totem of Limitation: Time
pine, steel, expanded polystyrene, wood putty, paint, chalk, rocks, gauze, manipulated cyanotypes
4' x 2' x 4'
2015
to Dirt/from Dirt and the Myth in Between
Exhibition detail
Annex Gallery at Western Illinois University
2015
1 - 7
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Solo Exhibition: to Dirt/from Dirt and the Myth in Between
The Sublime Operator and a Science of Dropped Calls
7' x 4.5' x 15'
wood, flocking, aluminum, paint, resin, polystyrene, string, microfiber, dirt, cans
Exhibited at The Venture Compound in St. Petersburg, FL
2014
The Sublime Operator and a Science of Dropped Calls
7' x 4.5' x 15'
wood, flocking, aluminum, paint, resin, polystyrene, string, microfiber, dirt, cans
Exhibited at The Venture Compound in St. Petersburg, FL
2014
The Sublime Operator and a Science of Dropped Calls
7' x 4.5' x 15'
wood, flocking, aluminum, paint, resin, polystyrene, string, microfiber, dirt, cans
Exhibited at The Venture Compound in St. Petersburg, FL
2014
The Sublime Operator and a Science of Dropped Calls
7' x 4.5' x 15'
wood, flocking, aluminum, paint, resin, polystyrene, string, microfiber, dirt, cans
Exhibited at The Venture Compound in St. Petersburg, FL
2014
The Sublime Operator and a Science of Dropped Calls
7' x 4.5' x 15'
wood, flocking, aluminum, paint, resin, polystyrene, string, microfiber, dirt, cans
Exhibited at The Venture Compound in St. Petersburg, FL
2014
The Sublime Operator and a Science of Dropped Calls
7' x 4.5' x 15'
wood, flocking, aluminum, paint, resin, polystyrene, string, microfiber, dirt, cans
Exhibited at The Venture Compound in St. Petersburg, FL
2014
1 - 6
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Solo Exhibition: The Sublime Operator and a Science of Dropped Calls
Ineffective Foresight and a Sea of Loosely Cataloged Memories
7' x 5' x 14'
wood, paper, sand, steel, microfiber, polystyrene, rope, found objects
2014
Ineffective Foresight and a Sea of Loosely Cataloged Memories
7' x 5' x 14'
wood, paper, sand, steel, microfiber, polystyrene, rope, found objects
2014
Ineffective Foresight and a Sea of Loosely Cataloged Memories
7' x 5' x 14'
wood, paper, sand, steel, microfiber, polystyrene, rope, found objects
2014
Ineffective Foresight and a Sea of Loosely Cataloged Memories
7' x 5' x 14'
wood, paper, sand, steel, microfiber, polystyrene, rope, found objects
2014
Ineffective Foresight and a Sea of Loosely Cataloged Memories
7' x 5' x 14'
wood, paper, sand, steel, microfiber, polystyrene, rope, found objects
2014
Ineffective Foresight and a Sea of Loosely Cataloged Memories
7' x 5' x 14'
wood, paper, sand, steel, microfiber, polystyrene, rope, found objects
2014
A Freshly Raked and Persistent Guessing Game
4' x 3.5' x 3.5'
wood, plaster, paper, wax, polystyrene, thread, cotton, gauze, sewing pins, pillows
2014
A Freshly Raked and Persistent Guessing Game
4' x 3.5' x 3.5'
wood, plaster, paper, wax, polystyrene, thread, cotton, gauze, sewing pins, pillows
2014
A Freshly Raked and Persistent Guessing Game
4' x 3.5' x 3.5'
wood, plaster, paper, wax, polystyrene, thread, cotton, gauze, sewing pins, pillows
2014
A Freshly Raked and Persistent Guessing Game
4' x 3.5' x 3.5'
wood, plaster, paper, wax, polystyrene, thread, cotton, gauze, sewing pins, pillows
2014
An Inconsistent Science of Dropped Calls and Mortality
4' x 3' x 7'
wood, urethane, thread, synthetic flowers, dirt, sewing pins, cans
2014
An Inconsistent Science of Dropped Calls and Mortality
4' x 3' x 7'
wood, urethane, thread, synthetic flowers, dirt, sewing pins, cans
2014
An Inconsistent Science of Dropped Calls and Mortality
4' x 3' x 7'
wood, urethane, thread, synthetic flowers, dirt, sewing pins, cans
2014
A Tribute to the Question
7' x 1' x 2'
insulation foam, cinder blocks, slip, basswood, pillow
2014
A Tribute to the Question
7' x 1' x 2'
insulation foam, cinder blocks, slip, basswood, pillow
2014
A Tribute to the Question
7' x 1' x 2'
insulation foam, cinder blocks, slip, basswood, pillow
2014
2 - 16
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Solo Exhibition: Diagrams in Flux
Visuo-Spatial Sketch of Home
5.5' x 4' x 15'
wood, slip, thread, laserjet transfer, projection, cool and warm light
2013
Visuo-Spatial Sketch of Home
5.5' x 4' x 15'
wood, slip, thread, laserjet transfer, projection, cool and warm light
2013
Visuo-Spatial Sketch of Home
5.5' x 4' x 15'
wood, slip, thread, laserjet transfer, projection, cool and warm light
2013
Forgetful Bliss
4' x 1.5' x 1.5'
wood, ceramic, paint, cardboard, light
2013
Forgetful Bliss
4' x 1.5' x 1.5'
wood, ceramic, paint, cardboard, light
2013
Forgetful Bliss
4' x 1.5' x 1.5'
wood, ceramic, paint, cardboard, light
2013
The Weight of Forgetfulness
60" x 48" x 3"
wood, bisqueware, paint, monoprints with inkjet transfer, thread
2013
The Weight of Forgetfulness
60" x 48" x 3"
wood, bisqueware, paint, monoprints with inkjet transfer, thread
2013
The Weight of Forgetfulness
60" x 48" x 3"
wood, bisqueware, paint, monoprints with inkjet transfer, thread
2013
The Weight of Forgetfulness
60" x 48" x 3"
wood, bisqueware, paint, monoprints with inkjet transfer, thread
2013
The Weight of Forgetfulness
60" x 48" x 3"
wood, bisqueware, paint, monoprints with inkjet transfer, thread
2013
The Weight of Forgetfulness
60" x 48" x 3"
wood, bisqueware, paint, monoprints with inkjet transfer, thread
2013
Intersecting Fields
30" x 18" x 3"
wood, bisqueware, inkjet prints, thread, net, sewing pins
2013
1 - 13
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Solo Exhibition: Memory Systems
A Plot in Perpetual Flux
wood, urethane, steel, paper, altered synthetic plants, altered pillows
10' x 4' x 6'
2014
Exhibition: The Pittsburgh Biennial
A Plot in Perpetual Flux
wood, urethane, steel, paper, altered synthetic plants, altered pillows
10' x 4' x 6'
2014
Exhibition: The Pittsburgh Biennial
A Plot in Perpetual Flux
wood, urethane, steel, paper, altered synthetic plants, altered pillows
10' x 4' x 6'
2014
Exhibition: The Pittsburgh Biennial
A Plot in Perpetual Flux
wood, urethane, steel, paper, altered synthetic plants, altered pillows
10' x 4' x 6'
2014
Exhibition: The Pittsburgh Biennial
1 - 4
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Fabricated Structures of Temporary Merit
wood, urethane, plaster, microfiber, paint, flocking, dirt
5' x 4' x 5'
2015
Fabricated Structures of Temporary Merit
wood, urethane, plaster, microfiber, paint, flocking, dirt
5' x 4' x 5'
2015
Fabricated Structures of Temporary Merit
wood, urethane, plaster, microfiber, paint, flocking, dirt
5' x 4' x 5'
2015
2 - 3
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The Medium
uprooted flag pole, white flag
3.5' x 1' x 16'
2014
The Medium
uprooted flag pole, white flag
3.5' x 1' x 16'
2014
The Medium
uprooted flag pole, white flag
3.5' x 1' x 16'
2014
The Medium
uprooted flag pole, white flag
3.5' x 1' x 16'
2014
4 - 4
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Interlace: Time/Body
A short film produced by Mat Duncan for the Spartanburg Art Museum about the exhibition.
God Bless It
fence pickets, knick-knacks, razor strop polypore, maple, paint, steel, urethane
24" x 6" x 12"
2017.
God Bless It
fence pickets, knick-knacks, razor strop polypore, maple, paint, steel, urethane
24" x 6" x 12"
2017
God Bless It
Detail image
fence pickets, knick-knacks, razor strop polypore, maple, paint, steel, urethane
24" x 6" x 12"
2017
3 - 3
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The Third Stone and its Star Counting Game
wood, steel, manipulated cyanotypes, pins, XPS, putty, paint, chalk, belljar
24" x 8" x 8"
2017
Shrine: Labor and Leisure
buckets, plaster, Tiki Torches, dirt gathered from the gallery's outside perimeter
5.5' x 8' x 8'
2015
Shrine: Labor and Leisure
buckets, plaster, Tiki Torches, dirt gathered from the gallery's outside perimeter
5.5' x 8' x 8'
2015
Shrine: Labor and Leisure
Detail image
buckets, plaster, Tiki Torches, dirt gathered from the gallery's outside perimeter
5.5' x 8' x 8'
2015
2 - 3
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Pouring of Libations, Appropriated
Performance for Video
4' 26"
2014
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