FREEZE-THAW: FIELD RESEARCH + WORKS FROM THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
3S Artspace
Portsmouth, NH
June 16 - July 22, 2018
Group exhibition with: M. D. Acuff, Anna M. Clark, Rachael Dease, Brandy Leary, Justin Levesque, and Cara Levine
#0000FF 01 / #0000FF 02 //
38x30 (each) // Archival Pigment Print from Medium Format Negative Under Blue Cast Acrylic with Blue Metal Frame
ANCHOR POINT //
16x20 (each) // Grid of 9
Archival Pigment Prints Made from Medium Format Negatives, GPS Data Logged from Anchored Tall Ship
A series of drawings made from GPS data points collected in Svalbard while sailing aboard an ice-class Tall Ship. Each network of dense, overlapping lines is a record of the ship's natural movements in the water while tethered to its dropped anchor—using the ship itself to make the drawing. This method of mark-making calls to mind the esoteric art of scrying. With a crystal tied to a string, a practitioner could gently hover the crystal's point over a map until it divined the unknown location of your desire. With GPS in hand, the ship can be seen to move in a similar quality to the crystal. Yet, it never stops moving. A symptom of technological preference in lieu of clairvoyant promise. With all the location data points one would need, you always know where you are—there is nothing to find—Data is the New Divine.
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A PERSISTENT BODY (FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE) //
78x57x16 // Painted Wood Platform, Arctic Sleep Memory Foam
A series of drawings made from GPS data points collected in Svalbard while sailing aboard an ice-class Tall Ship. Each network of dense, overlapping lines is a record of the ship's natural movements in the water while tethered to its dropped anchor—using the ship itself to make the drawing. Directly in front of these works is a fake glacier made from “Arctic Sleep” blue memory foam that the viewer is invited to sit / lay on to look at the drawings. The sculpture allows the viewer to take Instagram selfies and imagine being in the Arctic without getting their butt wet on melting ice.
WALKING SAFELY IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS //
42x216 // Pigment Print on ToughCoat Vinyl Flooring
DIFFUSE (COLOR BLEED) //
30x48 // Archival Pigment Print with Pink Vinyl-Wrapped Frame
COLD PHASE //
24x20 // Pigment Print on Silk Charmeuse → Layar App → VR
