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| A 5'x3' metal and wood light table was revamped and rewired to light a matrix lucite top. The 1" cubic modualar squares navigated 1" vial bottles around the large surface creating a morphing DNA double helix structure. Simulated inside the vials were miniature landscapes of mature, living, crystalized sodium silicate fungus. Each individually hand planted, all 250 bottles constructed a community landscape incubated on an electronic platform. Spindles and globules were meticulously created from the artisan chemist's eperimental drops of zinc, magnese, cobalt, iron and nickel. Each drop from incisor tweezers reminisced on a painterly stroke on this flourishing, three dimentional, horizontal canvas at your feet. |
| Shown at the 2004 BFA show at G2 Gallery |
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| The concept used for this work comes from the idea of simulated identity, culture and environment. One's own identity both physically seen and unseen (biological, chemical, psychological) is self contained and unique, but, nevertheless, represents and reflects back to that which influences and surrounds it. At this level there is always a system to this environment which provides the security and structure for its growth and sustainability. This eventually effects the community/ individual. To further reinforce this concept, speakers were placed inside the light box reverberating the repeated sounds of running water. The vibration from the sound agitated the fragile fungus and lead to slow deterioration and/or breakdown. |
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