This work was completed at The Mattress Factory’s 516 Sampsonia location for the show State of the Sun (2024-2026) curated / organized by Luke Stettner. Luke Stettner and Calista Lyon converted the top floor of the building into a darkroom that had enlargers that received their light from a hole cut through the roof.
The work for Dani can you draw me the books falling and shaking occurred in Sampsonia darkroom in winter of 2024. Dani can you draw me the books falling and shaking is currently (2025) installed in location where it was made. The work consists of a never ending series of photograms that hold the marks of daughter, Sky, as she begins to make recognizable words, Sheilah’s journal entries and pages of handwritten numbers from Dani that run during her manic episodes. All materials are collaged together under the enlarger and then held again as a document of universe that defies traditional sense. At 516 Sampsonia it is seen under red light and cut pieces of steel that are a shape, form, material and, possibly, a broken clock.