My more recent research into extinction has led me to take a big step back and to look at life systems in a more methodical way, as a pattern or score that influences the physical making of my work. My work entwines topics like ancestral trees, mycorrhizal networks, systems of the brain that control perception and sensation. Finding the connections in these ideas are grounding my practice in a new way and I am encouraged by the sensational effects of my work on the human brain and body. I am excited to find aspects of these networks mirrored in the signal flow of the studio that I use to create the piece or in the specific way it is edited, generating a new type of feedback loop that exists in the mind and within thought.
Taking the time to do nothing else but just listen or watch is a large part of my work.
PARASYMPATHETIC, 2021. Single channel video and sound.
Relating to the part of the automatic nervous system that counterbalances the action of the sympathetic nerves. It consists of nerves arising from the brain and the lower end of the spinal cord and supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands. This work investigates natures feedback loops. The pacing of visuals and sounds are meant to bring the viewer to a clearer state of consciousness.
GLITSH/GLITSHN, 2021. Single or multi channel video and sound.
(n) Minor malfunction. Though not itself a Yiddish word, the origin of “glitch” can be traced back to the Yiddish noun “glitsh” meaning “slip” or “lapse,” and the Yiddish verb “glitshn” (from the German “glitschen”) meaning “slip.
This piece explores the slippage of time and memory in my paternal lineage.
RETROSPECTION, 2020-2022. Single channel video with stereo sound.
This piece investigates the of limitations of materials (8 & 16mm film and HD video) as well as of human memory.
FLICKER WARNING
UNORTHODOX, 2020. 3 channel video and surround sound.
This immersive work was created as a reaction to visiting Israel, but examines sacred spaces and their undulating existence as well as sound expanding capabilities.