Landscape Action #3: The Perfect Fall

The Perfect Fall: After peak and on to loss

I photographed this Landscape Action in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee when I was living in that region. It is part of two other overlapping series: The Perfect Fall and Tourism and Tragedy

Landscape Action #2: Climbing Rocks in Necktie Ballgown

This sequence of images are video stills from a performance at Gaviota Beach near Santa Barbara, CA. The performance is the second in my ongoing series of Landscape Actions and is called Climbing Rocks in Necktie Ballgown.

I climbed from the beach to the top of several large boulders while wearing a ballgown made of men's neckties. I constructed the costume by draping, sculpting and stitching together approximately 60 neckties into this kimono-like form. The garment is extremely heavy (about 10 pounds) and cumbersome, which makes climbing difficult.

I recorded this performance not long after completing my MFA at CalArts. The action was a personal commentary on femininity and professionalization.

Landscape Action #1: Horizon Line

This sequence of video images is from a performance at Gaviota Beach near Santa Barbara, CA. This piece, Horizon Line was the first in my ongoing Landscape Action series and was published as stills in the literary arts magazine, Trepan.

The work is an allegorical play between ground and sky where the visual effect of the horizon line is transformed into a tangible object, a rope.