Once, I Thought I Saw a Whisper 2005 (click thumbnail for larger image)

My public installations seek to combine a natural process with an unnatural means of realization: transposing a natural occurrence onto a situation in which it could not exist, or altering the size of an innate object to a scale that is naturally impossible. Finding something unexpected in an otherwise familiar space forces a reconsideration of an otherwise ordinary path of travel. At the root of my engagement with public work are two desires: to cause people to reflect on their space as a means of heightened self-awareness, and to negotiate an initially private impulse with the constraints of space that is not.

Working in a public space, I am distinctly aware of so much that does not affect me in my studio. The movements, routines, and regulations of the public sphere, and the natural phenomena of weather, light, and erosion become a part of the piece. The ultimate work then is much larger than myself; it an unbeknownst collaboration between me and countless other factors.
The work, Once, I Thought I Saw a Whisper, is projected light, filtered through a cut-out of a drawing.