this work is borne of footsteps, maps, and a specific kind of time travel that allows one full access to the stories in each square meter of a landscape. when i began this project over two years ago, i was engaged with a density of layers (geology, biology, industry, mythology, meteorology, and others) in my neighborhood in ballard.

twenty-fourth of september
partly cloudy, hazy moon
i had a realization, coming home tonight: though this piece began with an intense period of historical research, and followed with a flurry of map-making, i am now possessed by the desire to call it a love poem. the question that keeps rising like a bubble from my heart is
what is history and what is holding on?

reviews of the show:
Seattle Times, 11/18/05
The Stranger, 12/22/05

executed at and with the support of
Jack Straw Productions
new media gallery program.