Individual Artist Project Grant (INDIVIDUALS ONLY)

My work explores time as a material. Whether in the velocity of sound / animation or the slow, layered artifact of textiles and books. I examine the organic intelligence of networked, multithreaded, polyphonic systems ::: the (m)bodied web ::: the beauty of open, dynamic, interconnected forms. My work dives into queer, trans / media being-ness ::: the animate / (in) animate ::: the infinite between ::: the ecology of connectance ::: sensory knowing ::: the heat of friction ::: the flame and its possibility to fuel change. My work seeks to ::: foster change and community conversation, be a tool we can use to create systemic, liminal, foundational changes in our way of knowing and existing in the world, help heal the broken web. I try to really believe in art's relevance and possibility in this time of profound change. Seemingless endless populations become feasibly countable ::: finite ::: then shift to the fragility of two to one to none. With breathtaking speed so many species now follow this trajectory to gone. We can feel Walter Benjamin's angel of history whispering around us. Arduous population surveys ::: counts, maps, mathematical models, risk assessments ::: desperate attempts to hold on to last numbers ::: fragments ::: broken webs. Tattered systems ::: plastic torrents ::: carbon skies. Art speaks to what science cannot retrieve. My goal is to contribute to this conversation ::: this witness.My goals are to ::: 1. Create an impactful site-specific installation for the Gage gallery at Augsburg University 2. Provide a meaningful, engaging experience for visitors 3. Increase my facility with print production in terms of color, scale, presence and cohesive relationship with my networked sound and animation work. 4. Use the exhibit to facilitate cross-disciplinary discussion with students and faculty 5. Further build relationships with the local arts community in the Twin Cities 6. Further my exploration of cross-sensory, trans / media physical environments and advance my research into web-based hypermedia forms. 7. Augment my portfolio by gathering installation documentation 8. Improve my expressive skills. I have created site-specific, cross-media work in a wide variety of spaces over the past decade. I am passionate about creating successful, long-lasting relationships with venue partners and community. I have successfully shown work that has a similar core algorithmic approach. I have been creating code-driven sound and animation work for many years and have explored print in the form of generative books since my exhibit at the Tweed Museum of Art in 2017-2018. I am the recipient of numerous commissions, grants, fellowships and residencies from the Minnesota State Arts Board, Jerome Foundation, American Composers Foundation, Walker Art Center, Northern Lights.mn, Tweed Museum of Art, Zeitgeist New Music Quartet, Artelis International Artist Residency (Finland), Creative Community Leadership Institute (Bush Foundation / Intermedia Arts), United States Artists / Cheswatyr Foundation, Puffin Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency and Arrowhead Regional Arts Council.I will complete and present a multifaceted exhibit composed of print materials, a companion web presence and networked sound / animation. I will realize a new facet of my multimedia work by creating a body of print work that I use to create a collaged, layered environment evocative of maps ::: an immersive atlas. I will provide journaling / drawing materials for visitors. I have found this to be a richly rewarding aspect of my installations in the past. Visitors have been generous in providing detailed feedback / response in this format. I will take full advantage of opportunities for engagement through an artist talk, guided tours, classroom visits and one-on-one meetings with people in the arts community in the Twin Cities. I will spend time reflecting on lessons learned from the exhibit with the curator at the end of the show. Documentation will be gat