paper houses

These were prototypes for walls to be used in full sized paper shack.  I was combining wheatpasted drawings with primitive paper architecture.  I was trying to inhabit, occupy or activate the interior space. 
I abandoned the notion of a "haunted" space in favor of an empty interior that provides refuge from an active, anxious exterior.

Crying Cops

The crying riot cops were first drawn in mid-July. 





The first composition was called Nonviolence.
photocopies and watercolor and wheatpaste stapled to wall
75" x 50"





strength in numbers,
120" x 100"




tear gas,
120" x 100"




know the enemy,
72" x 60"



summer shack

this is the first paper shack, built in mid July for the filming of Summer of Surrender, a collaborative video piece with Zehra Khan and Tim O'Donnell.

I am intersted in the idea of "skinning" a structure:  Drawing the walls, roof and architectucal details on the wall, then attatching the skin to an awaiting frame.  The 2 dimensional skin is even more exciting than the structure.  I will be returning to this idea later in 2010 and 2011.





during the filming of a scene from Summer of Surrender