These two video works, Stimulus, and Self Portrait, were shot with a camera on a string of balloons flying in the policed airspace of Wall Street. They center on our relationship with the aerial god' s-eye view, a viewpoint historically developed for surveillance and/or military operations. Instead of a drone, the works present a divergent aerial perspective, one that is precarious, humble, and tethered to the ground.
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Dark Study
Aluminum, cable, flood lights, sound sensor, steel25’ x 17’ x 17’
2024
Dark Study, focuses on light as a mechanism for surveillance. Built for a site in Dallas TX, the constructed tower takes the form of a historic light tower native to the region. Triggered by a sound sensor, the sculpture's light flips to complete darkness each time a train passes. As the viewer’s focus shifts from sight to sound; they are asked to consider the fallacy of light as safety, contemplating instead what can be found in the darkness.
Lock 27
Outdoor sculpture installation at the National Building Art Center
Commissioned by NonSTNDRD Projects
2025
Situated in the historical flood basin of the Mississippi River, Lock 27 reflects on the unseen rhythm of the 27th lock and dam, located 10 miles upstream from the site. The piece simulates the experience of passing through the lock on a small fishing boat, capturing the gradual 18-foot shift in water level, where movement is so subtle it feels like stillness. Using mapping data from real-time barge traffic, the sculpture’s motor moves a chair and a small piece of blue glass in tune with the barge movement.
I collaborated with Lucas Drummond to develop a code-based system that connects the sculpture to the real-time water level in the lock. We created a system that tracks barge movements using public lock APIs and vessel traffic data, translating their northbound and southbound passages into operational instructions for the sculpture.
The work is located on the American Bottom, a landscape that was formerly a watery delta of the Mississippi. Once a part of a river basin that flooded naturally, the sculpture seeks to reconnect to the altered river, creating a tether that links the site to the water’s now mechanized rhythm.
Documentation of Lock 27 travel
Documentation of data used to connect the lock in real-time
Monument
40’’ x 60’’Black contractor plastic, tape, string
Brooklyn, NY
2021
Image from a recent workshop at Flux Factory where I taught participants to build solar powered hot air balloons out of black contractor plastic. Together we made balloons that became monumental sculptures, lifted by the sun into airspace.
