2018
Performance and documentation - photographic documentation of sand imprints after each act of kneeling on the edge of land and water, repeated 32 times.
Photo by Erika Townsley
Photo by Erika Townsley
2017
Durational performance and video for ArtPrize 9 in Grand Rapids, MI.
All photographs by Erika Townsley.
2017
Old barn wood, paint, dirt, weathering
2017
8 intaglio prints, 8 monotype prints, created simultaneously and mounted on board
2017
8 intaglio prints, 8 monotype prints, created simultaneously and mounted on board
2017
Single channel video of 166 day performance on Instagram and Facebook using a wall, dirt and spit.
2017
8 intaglio prints, 8 monotype prints, created simultaneously and mounted on board
2017
8 intaglio prints, 8 monotype prints, created simultaneously and mounted on board
2017
8 intaglio prints, 8 monotype prints, created simultaneously and mounted on board
2017
Sound installation (headphones, not pictured), 8 intaglio prints, 8 monotype prints, full wall video and sound installation, barn wood, paint, dirt, video of durational performance (television screen, 113 days, not pictured).
Single channel video and sound
Interactive sculpture
Wood, paint, coal slag, stained porcelain
2017
Interactive sculpture
Wood, paint, coal slag, stained porcelain
2017
Interactive sculpture
Wood, paint, coal slag, stained porcelain
2017
Interactive sculpture
Wood, paint, coal slag, stained porcelain
2017
Interactive sculpture
Wood, paint, coal slag, stained porcelain
2017
Interactive sculpture
Wood, paint, coal slag, stained porcelain
2017
The pool after the first performance of Recurring Dream. Over time, the bottom of the pool becomes more and more clouded and clogged with black coal slag.
By the time of the tenth and final performance at the end of the week, the bottom of the pool is covered in coal slag and the residue of the slag clings to the sides of the pool. The pool itself is shallow and harmless, and the absurd action of spreading slag through the pool creates a darker appearance, reflecting one particular phrase from the monologue more and more over time - "that dark, soggy oblivion."
Threnody was a collaborative performance piece created with artist Amber Bledsoe. The piece, which lasted approximately 90 minutes, invited those attending to participate in a large scale memorial ceremony on the Versluis-Mitchell farm. Participants carried cast paper and wax stones one-by-one into an overgrown apple orchard on the property and placed them on a natural altar in memory of someone special to them. After all the stones had been placed, the creators, with the help of property owner and artist Mariel Versluis, lit the stone-shaped candles on the altar. Participants stood and watched the candles burn during a time of silent reflection, after which the candles were extinguished and the artists and viewers returned to the house for discussion and refreshments around a bonfire.
Collaborative site-specific performance with Amber Bledsoe
All photographic documentation by Matt Gubancsik
October 30, 2016, sunset, approx. 45 minutes
Collaborative site-specific performance with Amber Bledsoe
All photographic documentation by Matt Gubancsik
October 30, 2016, sunset, approx. 45 minutes
Collaborative site-specific performance with Amber Bledsoe
All photographic documentation by Matt Gubancsik
October 30, 2016, sunset, approx. 45 minutes
Collaborative site-specific performance with Amber Bledsoe
All photographic documentation by Matt Gubancsik
October 30, 2016, sunset, approx. 45 minutes
Collaborative site-specific performance with Amber Bledsoe
All photographic documentation by Matt Gubancsik
October 30, 2016, sunset, approx. 45 minutes
Collaborative site-specific performance with Amber Bledsoe
All photographic documentation by Matt Gubancsik
October 30, 2016, sunset, approx. 45 minutes
Collaborative site-specific performance with Amber Bledsoe
All photographic documentation by Matt Gubancsik
October 30, 2016, sunset, approx. 45 minutes
Collaborative site-specific performance with Amber Bledsoe
All photographic documentation by Matt Gubancsik
October 30, 2016, sunset, approx. 45 minutes
