Soil Alchemy

Soil Alchemy- Altar Installations with video documentation of Biochar process and Red Wiggler Composting worms; two transformative Permaculture techniques for building nutrient dense, organic soil. Live worms, charred flora, grain bags, glass jars, and surface embellishment. Technical assistance by Chris Harvey. This installation has been supported in part by a Strategic Opportunity Stipend, a grant program of the New York State Foundation for the Arts and The Arts Center of the Capital Region. Grand Street Community Arts, October 2009.
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Vertical Mushroom Garden

Vertical Mushroom Garden- Living sculpture emphasizing the possibilities of urban food production in vertical spaces. Logs inoculated with Shiitake mushrooms, rope, and pulleys. Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY, September 2009. Photo by Leif Zurmuhlen.

Urban Verdure-a street guide to urban plants

Urban Verdure- Street Guide to Urban Plants, Drawing of Gooseberry from quarterly, self-published leaflet. Available for free at local stores & by special order. Summer/Fall 2009.

Woodside Edibles

Woodside Edibles - Kitchen Garden composed of sheet mulching (leaves, cardboard, manure, grass clippings), annual vegetables and garlic. Contemporary Arts at Woodside, Troy, NY, Summer 2009.

Mushroom Patch

Mushroom Patch- Workshop on growing edible mushrooms that I led at Woodside with the Capital District Permaculture Guild. Cardboard, woodchips, Shiitake spawn & dappled sunlight. June 2009.

Jardin Flotante (Floating Garden)

Floating Garden- A circle of plastic bottles keeps afloat a cluster of beautiful Calla Lilies (Zantedeschia aethiopica) which will help to remediate this stagnant retention pond. Guapamacataro Residency, Mexico, February 2009.

She Waits for Rain

She Waits for Rain- An installation and 2 hour performance in an abandoned adobe house. The floor is covered with opportunistic water plants gathered from a nearby reservoir where they were clogging the irrigation channels. The plants were used the following day to build raised compost beds for a kitchen garden. Air Plants (Tillandsia), a ladder, found cages/lanterns, blindfold, pail and water. Assisted by Daniel Cristobal & Lorena Endara.
Guapamacataro Residency, Mexico, February 2009.

Mushroom Logs

An urban food production experiment with logs inoculated with Shiitake spawn. The drawing is a design for a pulley system for growing mushrooms in un-accessed urban space - lofts, ceilings, alleyways, etc.

High Canopy Bat Pollination Study

I was a research assistant for a high canopy bat pollination study in French Guiana. This video was shot about 100 feet off the ground in a tree that we were setting up an experiment in. We were approached by a clan of Howler Monkeys and this young adolescent was quite curious. He eventually retreated because an adult was calling him back to the group which was in a neighboring tree.

Phragmites Nest (in the opera box)

Phragmites Nest (in the Opera Box) -Exploration of animal movement patterns, wetland habitat de/construction, and the material properties of Phragmites australis (common reed) through improvisational movement and nest building.

"Animalia", curated by C. Ryder Cooley, Proctors Theater, Schenectady, NY. September 2008.

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Duet with Tree

Refoliate

Refoliate- 2-hour wetland restoration performance with 200 native seedlings, high-nutrient worm castings, 12' patchwork curtains, pail, and shovel. Somatic Experiments in Earth, Dance & Science (SEEDS), Earthdance, August 2008

Canopy

Canopy- Interactive installation- vials of beads are imbedded in an elevated landscape which includes live plants, teabag tent, paper mache grotto, botany textbook, and compass nest.
April 2008, Made at Vermont Studio Center

Rooftop Habitat

Rooftop Habitat- mythological exploration of urban ecology - quadrupedal stilt creature, white branches, fire.
January 2008, Brooklyn, NY

Estuary

Estuary - Tall dress embellished with rusty nails, bottle caps, Leone Worden's beads, water chestnut seeds, and an embroidered map of the Hudson River Estuary (Troy-Manhattan).
January 2007

Manticore

Manticore- Costumed performance. Bicycle inner tube spine, plastic bag bustle, rubber skirt and movement.
Spring 2007. Port of Albany, Albany, NY

Miss Matched

Miss Matched - Costumed performance with Bomi Lee. Dress and bustle made of discarded socks. Two dancers connected by a giant stretchy sleeve.
Autumn 2006, Grand Street Community Arts, Albany, NY

Rearticulated Skeleton

Rearticulated Skeleton- A costumed dance in shadow exploring evolutionary movement patterns and bodily distortion.
February 2007, “Experimental Cabaret”, Albany, NY

Hoofprints of a Spooked Game

Hoofprints of a Spooked Game- Performance collaboration with Ryder Cooley. Wood chopping, shadow theater, sound, video, and self-amputated stilt dance.
March 2007, "Roots, Nests, Limbs” Center for Independent Media, Troy, NY

Migratory Silhouettes

Migratory Silhouettes- Sister city installations on abandoned buildings, Troy, Albany & Brooklyn, NY.

Lady Corvid

Lady Corvid & Her Flock of Crows- Stilted crow and costumes made of discarded black umbrellas with movement, recorded sound and crow callers. October 2007, "Ghouls & Gourds", Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Brooklyn, NY.