Expandedfield

A mockup of a skydiving airplane becomes a window ledge as the viewer sits. Video of jumping/skydiving is projected on the floor of the plane

As the viewer explores the space, looking at the reflections in the picture frames and at the window, images begin to flicker in the window. These images are high contrast, black-and-white video which appear for moments and then disappear, nearly at random. Sounds are wafting through the space, moving back and fourth, and causing the walls of the room to vibrate subtly. Slowly the viewer discovers that the images are figures, and specifically, it is their own figure, and that of other visitors to the room.

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Office examines the way we use technology to avoid the interpersonal relationships in our lives. The monologue of the seated figure is split between the computer screen and the face of the figure. The sound of typing keys is intermittent and the desktop camera captures video which is displayed on the figure’s face.

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The catalog said this was an interactive sculpture. What a time saver for an interactive artist.

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This is a 3D version of the Mona Lisa that can be purchased from the Toscano catalogue (which I got as a result of a previous SkyMall order). I sent the cover image of a woman adoring her "Mona Lisa" to myDavinci.com to be converted to a "Da Vinci Sketch"

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I thought this was just an LED sign to take the hard work out of making a Jenny Holzer, but later found out that it comes preprogrammed with sayings like "No good deed goes unpunished"

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"Great art where you'd least expect it" is a ready-made readymade. I bought the Chinese dragon.

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This body of work is made from works I have ordered through the SkyMall and related catalogues. Having found myself with little time and more money, I decided to start outsourcing my creativity. Having looked at the SkyMall catalog in airplanes for years, I have often thought that there was a dirth of formal, abstract, and conceptual artworks. These are those works.

I bought this sculpture from the SkyMall and then had a company (also found in SkyMall) convert my image into a canvas. They were even good enough to add brush strokes. This is my first canvas, after years as a practicing artist.

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