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KAWASUMI
2023
Kawasumi
Digital art
2023
The Kawasumi is an imagined organic time telling consumer product from the future.
The multi functional base acts as housing for the bonsai tree, an operating system for the self sustained weather system, and as an entertainment hub.
The bonsai tree has been genetically modified to have a hyper-accelerated life cycle. In relation to the time of day/weather, the plant blooms, grows, and sheds foliage, as well as reacts to unique weather systems created by the device. Six unique variations have been depicted to show what the product is able to conjure organically in real time.
This work was inspired by the traditional Japanese almanac, where the year is divided into 4 major seasons, with 24 solar terms, and 72 micro seasons. The artist has reimagined this in their own way by creating a futuristic product that tells time organically through natural processes and unique weather phenomena. Through the sophistication and complexity of the Kawasumi product, one can assume that the creators are technologically advanced, but are rooted in traditional practices and beliefs.
(The symbols and words depicted are a fictional language created by the artist)
INSTRUCTIONS UNCLEAR
2024 - present
Instructions Unclear
Illustrations
2024 - present
Instructions Unclear is an ongoing series of Illustrated "instructions" presented in a confusing (and comedic) step by step like format. These nonsensical sketches are paired with symbols and numbers, mimicking similar illustrations you may find from instructional manuals from manufactured products.
cloud.9
2023
cloud.9
Digital art
2023
cloud.9 is a series of digitally rendered clouds drawn from only memory. Clouds are often associated with dreams, imagination, and whimsical fantasy. Their forms are infinite and ever changing, but also are subjective to the viewer (dreamer).
How does viewing a digital interpretation of a naturally occurring formation affect the viewer emotionally?
Is it possible to recreate something artificially when it's true form is so fleeting?
52 pickup
2017- present
52 Pickup
2017 - present
52 Pickup is an ongoing conceptual project / game. Through travel and chance, I collect playing cards that have been discarded / deserted in streets, alleys, and gutters around the world. With the final goal being to find and collect all individual cards in a deck, it is a collection and a game of chance. With rules in tact (see below) it invites play and discovery into the unremarkable, often disgusting world of trash and litter.
With near incalculable, infinite odds, this project practices play, patience, and the pursuit of universal alignment to achieve the monumental task of finding of every card in a deck of playing cards.
Rules for 52 Pickup:
- playing card must exist in the physical (no photos, pictures, drawings, or representations of playing card)
- solo, must be on its own (no other cards near it)
- card must be right side up so one can read the suit, number, or face
- must take a photo of the card as it lies (no placement or adjustments)
- must pick up and collect card after photo is taken.
- all wild cards are fair game (jokers, instruction cards, extras)
- end goal is to collect all 52 cards with 4 full suits (plus wild cards)
No dropping or placing playing cards falsely (must be entirely based on discovery and chance). Any inauthentic placement of card is automatic disqualification.
"7868"
2016
"7868"
Performance
2016
As I propelled myself through space (and time) via a bicycle, I tattooed my own left thigh. By rigging up a car battery in my backpack I was able to use a tattoo gun to tattoo my upper leg with the numbers "7868" (the number of days since my birth on the date of the tattooing).
Digital Trash
2021
Digital Trash
NFT Collection
2021
Digital Trash is a collection of digital works made in direct response to the uprising trend of NFTs in 2021. Digital representations, and photographs of physical trash were minted as NFTs on several digital marketplaces with high first bids. None were, or have been sold.
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