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objects of veneration

Photo Reliquaries

Construction, deconstruction, reconstruction: conveys the opposing forces at work in these pieces.

​Since moving to the Los Angeles area, I have begun to understand my productions in the context of the Southern California landscape, with its extremes of disaster and renewal – rolling blackouts paired with brightly lit marquees; water shortages trumped by the verdant gated communities, villas and resorts; an asphalt and concrete exoskeleton built on an infrastructure of fault lines.

My work, similarly, is formed by tearing apart what I have found and putting it back together, without reading the instructions.
ANCESTOR: Wood, Copper, Lead, Fabric (Glass Apparatus, Bone)
ANCESTOR: Wood, Copper, Lead, Fabric (Glass Apparatus, Bone)
BARRIER: Wood, Copper, Lead, Fabric (Copper, Steel, Feathers)
BARRIER: Wood, Copper, Lead, Fabric (Copper, Steel, Feathers)
BEQUEATH: Wood, Copper, Lead (Glass Apparatus, Charcoal, Feathers)
BEQUEATH: Wood, Copper, Lead (Glass Apparatus, Charcoal, Feathers)
BLUEPRINT: Wood, Copper, Lead, Fabric (Rock, Bone)
BLUEPRINT: Wood, Copper, Lead, Fabric (Rock, Bone)
CASUALTY: Wood, Copper, Lead, Bronze (Tooth, Razor, Nail)
CASUALTY: Wood, Copper, Lead, Bronze (Tooth, Razor, Nail)
DOOM: Wood, Copper, Lead (Glass Apparatus, Bone, Insects, Salt)
DOOM: Wood, Copper, Lead (Glass Apparatus, Bone, Insects, Salt)
FAITH: Wood, Copper, Paint (Glass Apparatus, Seeds, Earth, Straw)
FAITH: Wood, Copper, Paint (Glass Apparatus, Seeds, Earth, Straw)
FATE: Wood, Copper, Lead, Fabric (Rock, Paper, Scissors)
FATE: Wood, Copper, Lead, Fabric (Rock, Paper, Scissors)
GATHER: Wood, Copper, (Glass Apparatus, Shell, Seaweed)
GATHER: Wood, Copper, (Glass Apparatus, Shell, Seaweed)
GERMINATION: Wood, Copper, Lead, Steel, Fabric (Birch, Fungus, Nails)
GERMINATION: Wood, Copper, Lead, Steel, Fabric (Birch, Fungus, Nails)
GREAT WAR: Wood, Copper, Lead, Bronze, Fabric (Glass, Bone, Rock, Seed)
GREAT WAR: Wood, Copper, Lead, Bronze, Fabric (Glass, Bone, Rock, Seed)
PITH: Wood, Copper, Paint (Syringe, Fur)
PITH: Wood, Copper, Paint (Syringe, Fur)
REMEDY: Wood, Copper, Lead (Glass, Alcohol, Ginseng, Litchi)
REMEDY: Wood, Copper, Lead (Glass, Alcohol, Ginseng, Litchi)
SAMENESS: Wood, Copper, Lead, Bronze, Fabric (Pebbles, Springs)
SAMENESS: Wood, Copper, Lead, Bronze, Fabric (Pebbles, Springs)
OFFERING: Wood, Copper, Lead, Paint (Glass Apparatus, Bone, Twine, Fish)
OFFERING: Wood, Copper, Lead, Paint (Glass Apparatus, Bone, Twine, Fish)
VISIT: Wood, Copper, Lead (Glass Apparatus, Beach Debris)
VISIT: Wood, Copper, Lead (Glass Apparatus, Beach Debris)
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VISIT: Wood, Copper, Lead (Glass Apparatus, Beach Debris)

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is the object inside really of any greater value [than the box itself]?
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