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State of Heaven

1990 proposal State of Heaven will directly address the severe nature of ozone depletion. The project will take the form of an immense hand knotted carpet, “floating” in its specifically designed...

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Revival Field

1991-ongoing plants, industrial fencing on a hazardous waste landfill an ongoing project in conjunction with Dr. Rufus Chaney, senior research agronomist, USDA Revival Field began as a conceptual...

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Degrees of Paradise

1991 Kurdish-woven carpet, wool, video monitors, laser disc playback, sheetrock, wood, metal tubing, rubber, slate 9 x 60 x 12 feet Degrees of Paradise is a study for the proposed State of Heaven,...

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Plot Marker, used in Revival Field

1993 redwood, glass, zinc, copper, lead, aluminum, stainless steel 23 3/4 x 4 inches edition of 96 Aside from identifying the individual plots in a unique fashion, the Revival Field stakes are meant...

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HOME y SEW 9

1994 External: GLOCK 9 mm handgun: steel, polycarbide plastic, Optional tag in two patterns: silver, enamel Internal: 2″ Ace bandage, micro electronic locator, normal saline (100 ml of 0.9% Sodium...

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Revival Ramp

1996 hard and soft-ground etching, engraving, photoetching and lithograph on Arches Cover paper, printed by Vinalhaven Press edition of 20 30 x 30 inches Revival Ramp is based on a drawing Chin...

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The Ecology of Gala

1997 graphite pen and ink on drawing paper 15 x 18 inches A visioning diagram of the complete infective scope of the viral GALA Committee project, In the Name of the Place. see In the Name of the Place

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A magnified CALL OUT Representing a Stratigraphic Sum of ALL Human Existence-...

2006 graphite, vellum, white out, color pencil 12 x 16 inches Unspecified creative activity evidenced as voids in the sedimentary matrix of redundant and hostile reality.

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CLI-Mate

2008 proposal Consider: instead of a clock, a widget The project proposes an option to a climate countdown and provides an option for people to engage directly with the climate. Community: an...

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Operation Paydirt/Fundred Dollar Bill Project

2006-ongoing Operation Paydirt is an artist-initiated project inviting children, families and communities to imagine, express and actualize a future free of childhood lead-poisoning. Central to...

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Sea to See

installed at the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC 2014 wood, glass, steel, projection coating, paint, two projectors, speakers and CPUs SEA to SEE is a unique installation, designed to accompany the Mint...

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Unmoored

Unmoored 2018 Digital app for a mixed reality experience Exhibited in Times Square, NYC, from July 11th to September 5th, 2018 Unmoored Movie Unmoored explores a potential future of melting ice caps...

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