2022 - Present
The project aims to develop a community-specific, immersive art installation illuminating JRC research on plastic particulates and their potential threat to humans as they enter the food chain as microplastics and nanoplastics. Specifically, it will highlight methodologies for identifying and quantifying microplastic concentrations in public drinking water and for studying nanoplastic digestion by bioindicator species. Constructed entirely from physical and digital plastic-based materials, Plastic Magnitudes will offer a creative learning environment where viewers can positively experience, process, and discuss new perspectives on the puzzling life cycle of plastics. This captivating, multisensory experience will place viewers (and their community) at the center of the highlighted research on plastic, connecting them directly as contributors to the problem and solution.
I was selected by the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission’s SciArt Project to develop Plastic Magnitudes in collaboration with researchers Andrea Valsesia (JRC), Dora Mehn (JRC), Jessica Ponti (JRC), Marisa Sarria Pereira De Passos (JRC), and Danijela Brkovic (INTPA).
For more about the project: https://science-art-society.ec.europa.eu/plastic-magnitudes
Material Investigation for Plastic Magnitudes. 2023. Installation shot. 10' x 12' x 3'. Digital media of JRC research on microplastics and nanoplastics projection mapped onto community-collected sheet plastic.
2022
Installation & Interactive Sculptures
Installation: 9’ x 16’
Interactive Sculptures: Dimensions variable
Collected plastic, monofilament, and fishing gear; video animations of the collected materials; and one projector. All materials were collected from the shorelines of Galway Bay, Ireland.
Addressing climate change evolution and elevated mutation levels in marine invertebrate species.
2019
Installation
Dimensions variable
Collected plastic, monofilament, and fishing gear; video animations of the collected materials; and one projector. All materials were collected from the shorelines of Galway Bay, Ireland during a month-long beach cleanup effort.
Addressing climate change evolution and elevated mutation levels in marine species.
71” x 66” x 13”
“40” x 14” x 7”
Detail.
58” x 18” x 9”
Detail.
34” x 14” x 10”
63” x 30” x 13”
66” x 13” x 7”
Detail.
49” x 15” x 11”
42” x 26” x 10”
59” x 49” x 23”
2019
Installation
10.5’ x 12’ x 14’
Collected plastic, monofilament, and fishing gear; video animations of the collected materials; and one projector. All materials were collected from the shorelines of Galway Bay, Ireland during a month-long beach cleanup effort.
2019
Installation
16’ x 10’ x 12’
Recycled PET purge scraps, steel round rods, and styrofoam; video animations; and one projector.
2019
Outdoor Installation
14’ x 14’ x 9’
72 oranges, 2lbs cloves, amber canister light, transparency cut outs, orange plexi, faux fur, 4’ circular rug, speakers, sound recording, recycled plastic sheeting, industrial fan, scent of clove & sweet orange
Collaborators: Jenna Bonistalli & Stacey Lee Gee
(daytime interior detail)
(daytime interior detail)
2017
Installation
30’ x 10’ x 8’
Recycled plastic sheeting, speakers, sound recording, 3 projectors, video documentation of biomes, 2 industrial fans
(Tim Schoon/University of Iowa)
2018
Installation
11’ x 6’ x 4’ - dimensions variable
Recycled PET purge scraps, recycled fishing net, projector, video animations of Blaschka glass models
2017
Installation
17’ x 19’ x 12’
Recycled plastic sheeting, recycled PET purge scraps, 2 projectors, animations of Ideonella sakaiensis, 2 industrial fans
(Sculptures created from PET purge scraps. These sculptures were photographed, animated, and then projected into the installation space.)
2016
Sculptural Objects
11” x 8’ x 5”- dimensions variable
Installation
8’ x 3’ x 5”
Prints
8.5” x 11”
Recycled plastic, PET purge scraps, fishing line, nylon, handmade abaca paper, vellum, Inkjet prints on hand made abaca/cotton blend paper
2016
Installation
18’ x 14’ x 10’
Recycled PET purge scraps, handmade abaca paper, fan
2015
Installation
10’ x 12’ x 6’
Handmade abaca paper, salt, recycled fishing line
2015
Installation
18’ x 7’ x 10’
InkJet printed paper, vellum, handmade abaca paper, recycled fishing line
2014
Installation
12’ x 12’ x 8
Inkjet printed paper
