wood ash, gum arabic on birch panel

"QR" (Quick-Response) codes, a type of two-dimensional barcode, can be scanned by a smartphone in order to lead to online information (such as a website). First created in the Japanese automotive industry, QR codes are now gaining popularity in business marketing and product tracking.

This series of QR codes was painted with a homemade ink of wood ash and gum arabic. Once scanned with a viewer's smartphone, the code leads to an online image of the birch panel before the code was painted on it.

Both the code itself and the used organic material will degrade over time, rendering the piece illegible.

wood ash, gum arabic on birch panel

"QR" (Quick-Response) codes, a type of two-dimensional barcode, can be scanned by a smartphone in order to lead to online information (such as a website). First created in the Japanese automotive industry, QR codes are now gaining popularity in business marketing and product tracking.

This series of QR codes was painted with a homemade ink of wood ash and gum arabic. Once scanned with a viewer's smartphone, the code leads to an online image of the birch panel before the code was painted on it.

Both the code itself and the used organic material will degrade over time, rendering the piece illegible.

beeswax, mirror

A series of beeswax casts of a smartphone with mirrors instead of screens. Viewers are invited to touch, smell, and play with the phones.

ink on vellum, light table

Inscriptions from common paper items, such as a bill, open book, grocery receipt, and pay stub, among others, have been reduced to a binary of circles and ovals.

ink on vellum, light table

Inscriptions from common paper items, such as a bill, open book, grocery receipt, and pay stub, among others, have been reduced to a binary of circles and ovals.

ink on vellum, light table

Inscriptions from common paper items, such as a bill, open book, grocery receipt, and pay stub, among others, have been reduced to a binary of circles and ovals.

ink, paper, tape, cloth, wood, string

In the corner of the room hangs a square bookshelf which contains a collection of tiny handmade notebooks (each 1 1/2" x 3"). The artist carries these notebooks with her everywhere and draws in them, translating information from the world around her into this library of lines.

A stool is provided for those who wish to sit and browse the whole library.

Tiny Book Series
2013
ink, paper, tape, cloth, wood, string

In the corner of the room hangs a square bookshelf which contains a collection of tiny handmade notebooks (each 1 1/2" x 3"). The artist carries these notebooks with her everywhere and draws in them, translating information from the world around her into this library of lines.

A stool is provided for those who wish to sit and browse the whole library.

ink, paper, tape, cloth, wood, string

In the corner of the room hangs a square bookshelf which contains a collection of tiny handmade notebooks (each 1 1/2" x 3"). The artist carries these notebooks with her everywhere and draws in them, translating information from the world around her into this library of lines.

A stool is provided for those who wish to sit and browse the whole library.

ink, paper, tape, cloth, wood, string

In the corner of the room hangs a square bookshelf which contains a collection of tiny handmade notebooks (each 1 1/2" x 3"). The artist carries these notebooks with her everywhere and draws in them, translating information from the world around her into this library of lines.

A stool is provided for those who wish to sit and browse the whole library.

ink, paper, tape, cloth, wood, string

In the corner of the room hangs a square bookshelf which contains a collection of tiny handmade notebooks (each 1 1/2" x 3"). The artist carries these notebooks with her everywhere and draws in them, translating information from the world around her into this library of lines.

A stool is provided for those who wish to sit and browse the whole library.

ink, paper, tape, cloth, wood, string

In the corner of the room hangs a square bookshelf which contains a collection of tiny handmade notebooks (each 1 1/2" x 3"). The artist carries these notebooks with her everywhere and draws in them, translating information from the world around her into this library of lines.

A stool is provided for those who wish to sit and browse the whole library.

computer and keyboard, Google search engine, paper charts, pencils, tacks
Visitors are encouraged to search terms in the Google browser and document any interesting suggestions made by Google on the paper charts provided. Results are tacked to the surrounding wall.

computer and keyboard, Google search engine, paper charts, pencils, tacks
Visitors are encouraged to search terms in the Google browser and document any interesting suggestions made by Google on the paper charts provided. Results are tacked to the surrounding wall.

computer and keyboard, Google search engine, paper charts, pencils, tacks
Visitors are encouraged to search terms in the Google browser and document any interesting suggestions made by Google on the paper charts provided. Results are tacked to the surrounding wall.

2013
video performance
Viewers are invited to sit in the provided chair to interview the artist. A looped video plays of the artist in the same location. She watches the viewer silently.

A note reads:
"interview with the artist
you may sit with me"

2013
video performance
Viewers are invited to sit in the provided chair to interview the artist. A looped video plays of the artist in the same location. She watches the viewer silently.

A note reads:
"interview with the artist
you may sit with me"

ink on paper
A selection of short writings from the artist have been translated into a topographical map of the keyboard. Each concentric ring represents one strike of a keyboard key.

plaster
A four-sided keyboard puzzle invites viewers to reverse the process of typing. The viewer attempts to translate a scramble of raised keyboard letters into a word on each side of the pedestal. The answer is provided on a flap of paper below each side.

plaster
A four-sided keyboard puzzle invites viewers to reverse the process of typing. The viewer attempts to translate a scramble of raised keyboard letters into a word on each side of the pedestal. The answer is provided on a flap of paper below each side.

ink, acrylic, graphite on paper
The computer screen of a laptop is used as a mirror to paint a portrait.

ink on paper
An artist statement, laid out in pixelated fragments, illustrates the process of creating User / Inter / Face.

ink on paper
An artist statement, laid out in pixelated fragments, illustrates the process of creating User / Inter / Face.

ink on paper
multiple sketchbook pages illustrate a dialogue between the left and right hand of the artist.

ink on paper
22" x 30"
The artist stands between two pieces of paper, painting the reflections from her computer screen with both hands. This self-portrait is the first half of a diptych painted with the left hand.

ink on paper
22" x 30"
The artist stands between two pieces of paper, painting the reflections from her computer screen with both hands. This self-portrait is the first half of a diptych painted with the right hand.

ink on paper
22" x 30"
The artist stands between two pieces of paper, painting the reflections from her computer screen with both hands. This piece is a portrait of a window, a glimpse into the Maine woods.
First half of the diptych "Reflections 2."

ink on paper
22" x 30"
The artist stands between two pieces of paper, painting the reflections from her computer screen with both hands. This piece is a portrait of a window, a glimpse into the Maine woods.
Second half of the diptych "Reflections 2."