LETTER BLOCKS
WOOD AND PAINT
Letter Blocks deliberately fragment letters across planes and surfaces to distort text. All 24 cubes have a unique set of letters. They resemble letter blocks from childhood and hold a sense of nostalgia for the fundamental years of learning. Built to scale for an adult, each cube is 24” x 24” x 24”.
Countless studies show dyslexics have increased vergence errors. Vergence errors can occur when the eye is accounting for depth while reading on a 2D surface. By using a 3D form (cube), we can explore distortions caused by vergent angles. This can help visualize what it might be like for a letter to transverse the depth plane.
Countless studies show dyslexics have increased vergence errors. Vergence errors can occur when the eye is accounting for depth while reading on a 2D surface. By using a 3D form (cube), we can explore distortions caused by vergent angles. This can help visualize what it might be like for a letter to transverse the depth plane.
PLASTIC HOMES
FOUND PLASTIC FROM UNITY ISLAND IN BUFFALO NY,
RECLAIMED SHOWER CURTAIN, THREAD
This work directs our focus to the accumulation of waste consumed on a daily basis in the comfort of our homes. It visually fills the structure in similar ways we fill our ecosystems.
CORRESPONDENCE WITH DETRITUS
MESO & MICROPLASTICS, INSECT DISPLAY PINS
As a dyslexic the alphabet resembles shapes that can feel foreign at times. By replacing text with abstract plastic debris, the work maintains the format of a written letter while distorting our ability to read it. The plastics are found and removed from the environment, unaltered, tagged with their geographic location to maintain the object’s integrity and understand its lasting impact.
LISTEN TO WHAT I’M TELLING YOU
TYPEWRITER, PAPER, SURFACE TRANSDUCER, MICCA PLAYER, AMP
https://youtu.be/l_16BmleyVc
The typewriter was used to channel intimate self-reflections. The act of typing was recorded and plays back through the body of the machine. The typewriter echoes the memory through vibrations. You're left with the sound in place of the written word.
THE NEW SPECIES
MICROPLASTICS, INSECT DISPLAY PINS, DISPLAY CASE
THE NEW SPECIES is a series of microplastic display cases that explore plastic as a systemic part of our ecosystem. It catagorizes and organizes plastic in relation to it’s shape and size. A similar technique scientiest use to study and understand key rolls species play in entomology. Although this often looks at living organisms, it is undeniable plastic has infultrated every environment on the globe.
This case was made with microplastics found on Matosinhos Beach in Porto, Portugal.