Going On Going | 2016
Solo Show at Blue Star Contemporary
I Aint Gonna Study Hate No More, (A Raft For All Mix).
The title is a reference to the spiritual “Down by the Riverside”.
Formally, this piece continues my exploration into the ways that sound can change our perception of everyday objects. Here I am using common plastic vessels (aka trash cans and buckets). The objects are being resonated by voices that are speaking a very simple phonemic language. This language uses the root sounds found in most languages, in an effort to find a universal tongue. These plastic bucket passengers are not at all out of place on the other vessel, which is the raft. The raft is constructed from the word ALL, and acts as the poetic transport for these objects as they travel the dimensions researching and acquiring new sounds in hopes of finding a language that speaks for us all. Thank you.
I Ain’t Gonna Study Hate No More ( A Raft for All mix) 2017 6’ x 4’ x 5’ Wood, amplifiers, transducers, recordless album covers, plastic vessels, humpty dumpty, bamboo, shower curtain.
I Aint Gonna Study Hate No More, (A Raft For All Mix).
Audio from the sculpture
The title is a reference to the spiritual “Down by the Riverside”.
Formally, this piece continues my exploration into the ways that sound can change our perception of everyday objects. Here I am using common plastic vessels (aka trash cans and buckets). The objects are being resonated by voices that are speaking a very simple phonemic language. This language uses the root sounds found in most languages, in an effort to find a universal tongue. These plastic bucket passengers are not at all out of place on the other vessel, which is the raft. The raft is constructed from the word ALL, and acts as the poetic transport for these objects as they travel the dimensions researching and acquiring new sounds in hopes of finding a language that speaks for us all. Thank you.
I Ain’t Gonna Study Hate No More ( A Raft for All mix) 2017 6’ x 4’ x 5’ Wood, amplifiers, transducers, recordless album covers, plastic vessels, humpty dumpty, bamboo, shower curtain.
The Future is Unmade | 2016
Blank audio tape, Reel to Reel player. Leaving the future to be written.
Curious along the way and side.
Ephemera from the yard.
Sometimes You Have To Tear It Down To Build It Up
stop frame animaton
Along The Way and Side part 2
ephemra gathered from the yard
Curious along the way and side.
Ephemera from the yard.
Sometimes You Have to Tear Down to Build Up
Stop Frame Animation
Our Collapsed Star
detail
Our Collapsed Star
Turntable, antique phonograph horn, copper tubing, wood, metal cladding, subwoofer, single pressing 10” record playing Billy Holiday’s, “In My Solitude” and “If My Heart Could Only Talk” combined with the sound of the Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy.
Chasin a Drownin Sun
detail
Chasin a Drownin Sun and A Pole Star Guiding Me Back
installation image
Chasin a Drownin Sun
detail
Chasin a Drownin Sun
Rocks found along the railroad tracks, wheels from a friend, lamp, baby cradle, mocking bird feather, gunpowder, matches, gold from a California river, butterfly wings, bluebonnets, dirt from two of my homes, wedding ring, compact disc containing recordings of my family and past places I’ve been, sage tumbleweed.
A Pole Star Guiding Me Back
Grandfather’s suitcase, two tripods, slide projector, image of home.