Dig
![Digital collage of video screen shots](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de6a0214587cd02bc526b855561c02e6c10c76da9bd26d15bfa124c9dcd1ecd1/dig.jpg)
![Screenshots from performance](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8185e115fa47879df96a5d8210c3f462dfdd731631663de04b8e9f7d37438ca6/dig1.jpg)
![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](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adf3cb90db801880889c32a0b6d7ca902dcfedc9a4b7bf10a4a9153999fd82af/dig2.jpg)
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
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
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b45ec2bd9e9ff4f46f39292ddd71a1e5da64ba74c9164cd1f1463809ee069ef/h_o.jpg)
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
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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](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e65de44988471f3faacf4559995f40c56a8480b4f38c6797fb1db47cd67e3d6/wall.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18e8aafd8348a1532438f268c5041ef3657e401828c45a67c6d1d5cdb8368582/wall4.jpg)
![Laser cut woodblock of the drawings of layers 17 and 18](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa2dd689d1594875e268b71d0e5a48093dd0ca0dc8adc194cba868eba316ee28/wall3.jpg)
![Laser cut woodblocks and resulting prints. Each sheet is 8.5x11" and each woodblock is 9x12](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/491c88d59a50de29315033e8db49723607b7376ce1336cb0b05ec39adc59aeff/wall1.jpg)
![Woodblock prints of the drawings of layers 17 and 18 printed on paper handmade out of drywall remnants](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e403ff42903bc1687655ebd2f528e43104a97f8c00b08c3d6647f10b2d1fd66/wall-2.jpg)
![Aerial view of studio after final sheet](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f16295f7e19469031effc05887695e85fca63229bc39b8059b0542f5d43ca8a/wall6.jpg)
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
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
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b06862a01b6bc61ab06c096cbbdae794a063b4534206fd903c199f008a313785/sift.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8738e858bdf1606492030ea19a36286eb977a58887aa028d6b4f24131c4f4908/sift7.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c373ddaeb01e48d4e6fde0dae016b7a0b6491efaf59f1ba05e18f4a73cb630f/sift6.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3bd1ea8e19c6dab8929f44a0828d51ab197489f1f4ce053e7f01bd778109a53f/sift5.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa0a24a0a3fa59557778fb1af37ce19ec2e12b5df5a1e35f20b46c7a1ed70edb/sift4.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9905b6270598f83fc64fda010b84793ae279c6d5384eb6de8bff3b588a892c87/sift3.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45fe957d6c4611a478f6a3693f0259656dac9402527a93e688a99e0afba364c1/sift2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ae47e10a181bd98e01c7777b58c8b173af790ae1bf208f37376f4919a5fe8e1/sift1.jpg)
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
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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
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ff69621b7973eb01ed7391100270445cf6978b0dcbe677f064ccc9d89ac16d0/tile.jpg)
Screenshots from video
Action: Tile, grout, and wash a portable floor.
Performance duration: 50 minutes
Materials: tile, mortar, grout, wood, mixed media
March 2011
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1Action: Tile, grout, and wash a portable floor.
Performance duration: 50 minutes
Materials: tile, mortar, grout, wood, mixed media
March 2011
Image copyright 201