Provisions for Buoyancy, 2017

In September, I completed the Bresler Artist Residency at VisArts in Rockville, MD. During that residency, I worked with materials I salvaged locally from dumpsters etc. to create a series of provisions – such as a life jacket, a life ring, body boards, a paddle board etc; I then used these as props in a series of performance actions that involved my walking for extended periods while carrying or wearing a provision for buoyancy through parts of Washington, D.C. that would be flooded if the sea level was to raise by five feet.

I documented the project extensively and took pictures of the materials I salvaged, the process of making provisions and the performance actions I performed in Washington, D.C. Additional info and images can be accessed here: https://provisionsforbuoyancy.blogspot.com/

PIER / Platforms in the Southwest, 2016

I traveled for 60 days by car from Toronto, CAN to the Southwest, USA. Salvaging materials along the way that were used to build a pier, which I then installed in various unconventional locations that ranged from busy urban areas, to remote, desert locations. While the first three weeks of PIER / Platforms was heavily driven to cultivate opportunities for working with other artists and interact with the public at large, the latter five weeks, consisted mostly of my working independently, traveling through very remote areas, camping and installing the pier in deserts. Over the 60 days, I performed over 25 desert installations and a handful of urban installations, documented each widely with photo, video and journalling. Please visit the project's blog for more info and images: www.pierplatforms.blogspot.ca