FLÕS-Artist Statement 

Formally, native plants, architectural spaces, and quality of light inform these works. Conceptually, the works are a story of adventure and education, while in constant state of wanderlust. These specific images were created during artists residencies in Malaysia and Thailand in the winter of 2016, partially edited while in residency in Portugal, creatively expanded in Sicily, and further developed while in residency in the Netherlands, and Santa Fe, New Mexico during the spring and summer of 2017. The images are a continuation of previous constructed still life works, first conceptualized 15 years ago with the series “Trace.”

The process of creating the work employs a collaborative combination of walking, gathering, and collecting, which are then carefully organized and constructed as one of a kind “temporal sculptures”. These specific images are in collaboration with Jesica DeHart and created out of locally found and collected native flora and materials. Technically, various light shaping, bending, and directing devices were created out of locally collected papers, and employed as a kind of performative stage, in order to frame, direct and reflect the “sculptures”.

Collected and photographed in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 7.17

Collected and photographed in Renkum, The Netherlands,. 5.17.

Collected and photographed in Scicili, Sicily, 4.17

Collected and photographed, Rimbun Dahan and Langkawi Island, Malaysia, 11.16

Collected and photographed in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 12.16

FLÕS, version 2.0, Artist book, 80+ pages, 7.18

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Sketch book entry, 2016

Simulacrum of the object

The Real Object
Photo of the Object
The Object as object

Sculpture as photo. Photo as Sculpture.