Equations

The Equations series used the language of mathematics to quantify the unquantifiable.

Starting with a series of prints and culminating in a large mural on Pittsburgh’s Northside, each piece used objects from my past to add, subtract, divide and multiply experiences and emotions. The label for each piece always held the title, which also acted as the answer to the equation.

In 2013, the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh commissioned an equation for the Underpass Gallery, curated by Nick Chambers of the Warhol Museum. The mural equation was broken into three segments, evaluating wants and needs, relationships, and external forces of our everyday lives.

Best experienced on foot, the equation could be read from right to left or left to right. When walking north the equation’s label was “= The Light at the End of the Tunnel” and when walking south it was “=Loco/motion.” 

= The Light at the End of the Tunnel, 2013-14, 90’ x 10’ acrylic on alumalite panels. Photo by Ed Massery.

= The Light at the End of the Tunnel, 2013-14, 90’ x 10’ acrylic on alumalite panels. Photo by Ed Massery.
= The Light at the End of the Tunnel, 2013-14, 90’ x 10’ acrylic on alumalite panels. Photo by Ed Massery.

= The Light at the End of the Tunnel, 2013-14, 90’ x 10’ acrylic on alumalite panels. Photo by Ed Massery.

Archives

Pieces from 2009-2013 utilizing the display to heighten the power of each object.

The secret to life is that I miss you.  2010, 10” x 10” x 8” Display box, tape and label stating materials as: “ Quote from your third to last email, most frequently used lyrics,  32 second sound piece created from top ten words collec

The secret to life is that I miss you.  2010, 10” x 10” x 8” Display box, tape and label stating materials as:

“Quote from your third to last email, most frequently used lyrics,  32 second sound piece created from top ten words collected and compiled from your original mix.”
W/B or Current Research on the Small World Problem 2010, 10” x 10” x 10” display box, found and collected notes. 

W/B

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Current Research on the Small World Problem

2010, 10” x 10” x 10” display box, found and collected notes. 
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W/B detail
Energy drinks help me achieve worldviews that allow me to forgive you. 2010, 10” x 10” x 8” Display case, calendar square, and label stating m aterials as:  “Something that never belonged to you in the first place."

Energy drinks help me achieve worldviews that allow me to forgive you. 2010, 10” x 10” x 8” Display case, calendar square, and label stating materials as: 

“Something that never belonged to you in the first place."
Gypsy Carts , 2009, Each 32” x 14” x 19” Found jewelry boxes, wood, cats, images of lost items, stories of loss. One of the carts contains drawers that are each cut out with an image of something I've lost, ranging from teeth to a tin filled wi

Gypsy Carts, 2009, Each 32” x 14” x 19” Found jewelry boxes, wood, cats, images of lost items, stories of loss.

One of the carts contains drawers that are each cut out with an image of something I've lost, ranging from teeth to a tin filled with my father’s ashes, while the other cart houses stories of other people's loss gathered during a performance.
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Gypsy Carts (detail)
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