Mark

Dig

Digital collage of video screen shots Screenshots from performance Cast of shovel used to dig hole currently on display at Franconia Sculpture Park, MN Materials: cast iron, motor oil, clear coat sealant, 40 hours of labor Dimensions: 4.5' x 7" x 2
Action: Dig in the same hole from 2:30-3:30 Monday through Friday for 40 hours.
Performance duration: 40 hours over 2 months
Materials: dirt, clay, rocks, shovel
June 20, 2011 through August 12, 2011
Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, MN
Image copyright 2011

Elegy

Screenshots from performance
Action: Smash 22 light bulbs; leave the room black.
Performance duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Materials: 60 watt lightbulbs, light fixtures, hammer
March 2011
Image copyright 2011

Wall

Installed in the Fosdick-Nelson Gallery Laser cut woodblock of the drawings of layers 17 and 18 Laser cut woodblocks and resulting prints. Each sheet is 8.5x11" and each woodblock is 9x12 Woodblock prints of the drawings of layers 17 and 18 printed on paper handmade out of drywall remnants Aerial view of studio after final sheet
Action: Layer 40 sheets of broken sheetrock to one another while concurrently drawing each layer
Performance duration: 40 sheets over 2 months
Materials: 1/2 inch drywall, drywall screws, spackle, tools
October - November 2011
Alfred NY
Images copyright 2012

Sift

Sculpture and performance.
Action: Sift flour until none remains within the pantyhose.
Performance duration: 45 minutes
Dimensions: roughly 16'x4'x9'
Materials: nylon pantyhose, all-purpose flour, wood, chain
Performance photos taken and edited by Margaret Storms
April 2011
All images copyright 2011

Tile

Screenshots from video
Action: Tile, grout, and wash a portable floor.
Performance duration: 50 minutes
Materials: tile, mortar, grout, wood, mixed media
March 2011
Image copyright 201
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