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Category Archives: 2011
When I Remembered
Next Time I’ll Try Harder
Genealogical Stories
Memories come and go as time passes, the photographs in the Genealogical Stories hold those memories. Each object holds a residue of the previous owner. In this case, the photographed objects are family related and place me in a family lineage. These images also represent those I have never met, those known to me only through oral histories. Family is defined by the type of relationship or intimate bond that has developed and does not relate to the staid concepts of nuclear families. The photographs in this series serve two purposes; first, I hold onto the memory of those that have left me; second, this process allows me to purge the physical objects, leaving behind new objects and memories. This series is an archive of my memories, another temporal state; a separation between time and material.
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String Theory was made for Portez les chats, curated by Carrie Sinclair-Katz and presented
at FLAG STOP 2011, Torrance, CA.
Recent Video Work
Megalorchestia californiana
This piece is a short study of the life and habitat of the California sand flea. Originally shot at Año Nuevo beach, these lively creatures movements were then mirrored three times and rearranged to create a surreal version of nature.
Time: 1:43
Ersatz Protection
Plastic surrounds us, it is used for virtually everything. It is supposed to protect us, our food, and our environment—in this case, it protected my truck from the overspray created by workers across the street painting my neighbors house. This piece is a meditation about the unique physical qualities of plastic, a distorted view of protection that is visually hypnotizing.
Time: 2:25
Glitch Defense
Glitch Defense is the last of these manipulated and heavily reconstructed video images. Mimicking muscles, the footage is from a glitch that my tube television was having as it was on the way to breaking down. The glitches are then turned into their own organism, playing with the tensions between man-made and organic life forms.
Time: 1:27
Regional Parks: Slow Moving
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