Insomnia, found bed frame, fabric, mixed media ©2022. with lisa vu & sarah fuller
selected for art in the time of corona (VOLUME 3) Online exhibition
HAPPY CAMPERS / 4-channel video installation (stills) / ©2018 / see Documentation
Reality: season one! / mid-range porcelain, ceramic decals, wood shelves / ©2018
A single banner headline from each day’s New York Times – beginning January 20, 2017 and ending on January 19, 2018 – is emblazoned onto an individual coffee mug. 365 mugs occupy 13 sets of shelves, arranged by calendar months. With each passing month, mugs diminish in size (Dimensions vary). From a handmade, oversized prototype, a mold was made. The cast clay object shrank with firing, and a new mold was made from the slightly smaller object. And so on, successively smaller!
In this way, the work also refers to the process & material properties of clay.
cupola / Used plastic bags, tape, electric fans / ©2019 / SEE VIDEO DOCUMENTATION
Created while in residence at Budapest Art Factory, July 2019. This work is loosely inspired – very loosely inspired – by the dome of Szent István Bazilika in Budapest. In particular, the inside of my dome refers to the wildly ornate interior space of the Bazilika. Whereas the actual cupola of Szent István Bazilika was created in the rich, Neo-Renaissance style, my version utilizes the most ubiquitous material of the 21st century: Plastic. Artworks of any given time period are a reflection of the cultural values and the dominant modes of representation of that time. It is hard to dispute that the material with which we surround ourselves currently – at home, at work, at the market – is plastic, above all. Many thanks to the artists and staff of BAF for the opportunity and for making me feel welcome. Many thanks to all those who contributed plastic bags for the project. Special thanks to BAF intern, Leila Pashaeva, without whose assistance I could not have made the work.
right twice a day / found clock, house plant, mixed media / 18” x 20” x 12” / ©2019
smoke and mirrors / Collaboration with Abney Wallace / Wood, mirrors, steel, mixed media / Dimensions: 8’ x 9’ x 9’ / ©2016.
Twelve-sided enclosure with mirrored interior and custom fire-pit. Presented at Oregon Winterfest 2016, Bend. "Smoke & Mirrors" maintains a small carbon footprint by multiplying the heat & light of a small fire.
Monument for bicyclists / interactive, temporary public sculpture / portland Or / featured in a day in paradise by fallen fruit / ©2015
A celebration of bicyclists as contemporary heroes in the fight against climate change. site-specific project near equestrian statue of Teddy Roosevelt, Portland ORegon. Over 50 participants posed with their bicycles atop a small plinth. Participants had the option to submit a quote on the theme of urban bicycling. (In conjunction with Fallen Fruit exhibition, Paradise, Portland Museum of Art). Full documentation: https://www.flickr.com/photos/monument4bicyclists
Milk fountain #2 / Pump, Magic Milk, mixed media / 3’ x 4’ x 4’ / ©2014
Escalator man / wood, wire mesh, dysfunctional escalator / cocc faculty exhibition, Franklin crossing, bend Or / ©2013
the dream of sleep / interactive Snow sculpture / 5’ x 8’ x 5’ / featured at Winterfest, Bend Oregon / ©2013
Leaf a message / Autumn leaves, rubber stamps, ink. Dimensions variable / 2010
“The trees of Boston are sending instant messages…” From 10-week funded residency at Boston Center for the Arts October-November 2010. Residency included community workshop, participants painted/stamped personal messages.
pitter patter / Cast urethane plastic, cast rubber, ink, floor canvas, mixed media / 10’ x 10’ x 18 / ©2008
Part of site specifics at the Islip Art Museum, New York, June 7 – July 27, 2008 / All left-footed sandals stamp: WANT, All right-footed sandals stamp: NEED
faux toe booth/ collaboration with Marina kliger / ©2007 / As part of the Capital Times Art Project, Bill Cravis & Marina Kliger occupied the storefront window of Heartland Birkenstock (414 State Street, Madison WI) from August 10–12, 2007. Having constructed a FAUX TOE BOOTH, the artists invited the public to thrust their feet through a fur-lined portal and strike a pose...
flip through the pages of the limited edition book!
food of the gods / Cast urethane plastic, mixed media / ©2007 / wit on wry CATALOGUE
fights terror with terror / ceramics wood, mixed media / ©2006
Printing to the sky / copy paper boxes, wooden pallet, flagpole armature / ©2006
Temporary public sculpture, Carnegie Mellon University. A sturdy flagpole provides the invisible armature for this monumental work.
A symbolic representation of the 55 million sheets of paper consumed annually by the students, faculty and staff of a large research university.
ten seconds / Attaché cases, Wall Street Journal and mixed media / Dimensions variable
A representation of ten seconds’ worth of the U.S. Department of Defense 2006 budget: $419,000,000,000, or $13,300 per second / ©2006
untitled wmd/ Pulp made from one year of The New York Times, chain link, I-beam clamp and hardware, 114” x 44” x 44” Weight: approximately 500 lbs / ©2006
Based on Noam Chomsky's ideas regarding the "propaganda model" of corporate- sponsored news media, in particular the New York Times, "the place where people will go to find out what happened...Therefore it’s extremely important if history is going to be shaped in an appropriate way, that certain things appear, certain things not appear, certain questions be asked, other questions be ignored, and that issues be framed in a particular fashion." (Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, ©1992)
NOSTALGIA / vinyl banner, motor oil containers, mixed media / three rivers art festival, pittsburgh Pa / ©2004