The absorption and assimilation of one edifice into another changes the inherent meaning of a particular space. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece, Athenian democracy and one of the world’s greatest cultural monuments.

“Thus Preempting Our Inevitable Failure” creates a contemporary hybrid between one part of a collective cultural history and another (The Rochester Art Center) that challenges the viewer’s idea of what transpires inside a contemporary art gallery. The work alludes to the more enigmatic adoration of the space within the space itself. The unobtainable yet desirable,…

A couple alternate singing epic love ballads while the other remains completely unmoved.




Cinematography: Evan Drolet Cook
With Thanks To: Jennifer Ekstrand and Patrick Gantert

Perhaps this is the only way of knowing if anything was ever important to you

Tweet-size wisdom gleaned from watching and summarizing each episode to date of the 2010 season of the Oprah Winfrey Show was projected across the Regis Center for Art at the University of Minnesota, from dusk to dawn. Exhibited as part of the SPARK festival, this project was completed with the support of a Northern Lights Art(ists) on the Verge 2 Fellowship.

Gold vinyl lettering spans 45 feet across the atrium wall at the Rochester Art Center in Rochester, Minnesota. Boldly stating “If you can’t make it right make it big”, the text is self-referential, commenting on it’s own scale. It also references the institution, the notion of artwork within such an institution and contemporary culture as a whole.

This work investigates the human obsession with adventure and our eternal pursuit of that which we perceive to be unexplored. It references the fact that we are each seeking an experience to validate and prove that we are living, that we are indeed alive. We each hope that we will, at some point, encounter an experience on our voyage in life that will reverberate within us. We seek particular answers in the vastness of time and space to situate our selves and yet we are given only rudimentary tools for our expedition….

Limited edition neon sign available for purchase, from an edition of five.