measuring the sky . 2009



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These images reveal a continued exploration of chaotic phenomena and the scientific and cartographic approaches of recording, measuring, translating and reproducing their behavior.

victorian science . 2009



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Étienne-Jules Marey's 19th century smoke machine forced smoke into parallel jets in an early visualization of aerodynamics. Scientific experiment utilizes geometry, miniaturization and photography in the pursuit of capturing and studying the otherwise disordered or fleeting. This displacement and unnatural containment of physical forces provides an intriguing source of abstraction.

antedeleuzian . 2009



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In these large drawings, diagrammatic content breaks down into its component marks, revealing otherwise hidden organic, rhizomal tendencies. Lines etched into singed paper flicker from the graphic to the illusionistic, conflating the informational diagram with pictorial representation.

mapping chaos . 2007 - 2008



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Maps and diagrams represent the distillation of information, a necessarily narrow-minded concentration on single elements within a system in order to facilitate human comprehension and direct action. Diagrams create order, legibility and accessibility. In this work, I undermine the informational function of the diagram, disrupting the viewer's familiar mastery over information and exploring alternate conceptions of the informational.