My Mother’s Tapes

This collection is a woven representation of world news broadcasts recorded on VHS by the artist’s mother. Numerous video cassettes, over one hundred hours of footage, archived televised commentary about the Yugoslav Wars during the 1990s, demonstrating the arduous human effort to derive meaning from media and memory. The ribbons conceal a diary of conflict re-organized into patterns that sometimes unravel at the edges and are further distorted by intersections and reflections. (2017-2024)

The digital video reveals the overwhelm contained on the VHS ribbons in memory of the cacophony created by multiple televisions and radios simultaneously transmitting news stories within the artist’s home.

Cacophony, Video, VHS recorded news footage, Bosnia, Aug-Sept 1993; 2:15, 2021

Hair

Hair lost during the postpartum period is collected and sculpted (2016 & 2020). The fine lines sketch the tentative and contemplative transition into motherhood. The intimate remains of a past life reveal questions of purpose, power and play.

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Stick by Stick

These ephemeral sculptures were created in California and Washington States during periods of retreat and restoration (2012, 2014, 2015) through the meditative practices of gathering and assembling natural materials. The sticks are sourced and remained at the site of their growth. Each sculpture investigates site specific events: transition (Bough), drought (Ablution), and hatch (Nest).

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Keep Your Head Up (NWIYC and Sunflower Festival)

A community engaged mural hosted by The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington State during the 2011 Northwest Indian Youth Conference. This four day narrative design and painting process investigated identity, history, power, community and future possibility.

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Blarbies Gone Wild

Recontextualizing play! (2010 & 2011)

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