IS A TREE, TOUCHED, A HIGH-RISE?

Is a Tree, Touched, a High-Rise? explores the conversion of materials between natural and man made, addressing the question of what constitutes artificiality and nature–Is an object manipulated by the human hand regarded a part of the human realm, or is there a definitive number of transformations that must occur for this to happen? Where does the built environment begin and where does it end, or are such divisions illusory?

The ambiguity of these distinctions, expressed through varying qualities and colors of wood–rich browns to bright primaries, finished to unfinished–coupled with the white thread’s “restorative” power, challenges separatist notions of man versus nature. Without clear categories or resolutions to such questions, Is a Tree, Touched, a High-Rise? encourages us to consider our own relationship to the environment and establish individualized meaning.

2021 | multi-media sculpture