FEATHER FOUNTAIN

2009.
Materials: Feathers, mirrors, fiberglass, air.
Dimensions: 7’4” diameter x 1’4”
This sculpture involves bird’s feathers that rise up off of the mirror base and fly in a central column of air. The feathers spin vertically around their quills, before falling back onto the base, where they are swept towards the center and up again by a sheet of air emanating from all points around the base perimeter. The piece is lit by a single source of light, recessed in the ceiling directly overhead, and the feathers create dark, dancing shadows in the bright circle on the ceiling, which is a reflection of that light off of the flat mirror of the base. The convex mirror at the center of the base, and the feathers on it, cast the less bright reflection and shadows across the ceiling and walls, encompassing the entire room. The soft patter that the quills make as they hit the glass is similar to the sound of rain, and adds another dimension to the overall experience.

SHITSTORM

2009.
Materials: Eight fans, Plastic shopping bags, stryrofoam peanuts, soda cans, newspaper, bubble-wrap, plastic sheet, litter, garbage, etc., air.
Dimensions: variable
Garbage flies in a vortex of air.

BALLET DE PLASTIQUE

2009.
Eight fans, plastic sheet, air.
Dimensions: variable
A plastic sheet flies in a vortex of air.

‘UNTITLED’ [EXPOSITION OF THE AERODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF NATURAL DETRITUS]

2008.
Materials: Rose petals, tulip petals, maple seed pods, various other types of leaves, feathers, colored stryrofoam peanuts, stainless steel, black plexiglass, air.
Dimensions: 8’3” x 7’2” x 2’3”
In this piece, rose petals, tulip petals, maple seedpods, various other types of leaves, feathers, and a few colored stryrofoam peanuts are suspended in a vertical column of air. As these materials rise above the base, and fly as high as 10’-12’ in the air, they eventually fall into either the large mirror polished, stainless steel funnel at the center, or onto the black plexiglass top, where a viewer may easily push them back in to take flight again. The sound that these lightweight materials make, clinking against the funnel, is akin to rain falling on a tin roof, and is an important, lulling aspect of the work. This piece exposes the aerodynamic properties of this natural detritus, and suspends it in a way that can be observed.

TWO BALLOONS ONE FAN

2009.
Materials: Two balloons, one fan.
Dimensions: variable
Two balloons are suspended in a vortex of air.