Like a hybrid of the scientist who takes samples at carefully timed
intervals and the shaman who performs elaborately orchestrated rituals, 
I develop tools and methods for inquiry into the subtler aspects of 
reality. My assemblages, sonic experiments, multiples, and printed 
matter exist as alchemical apparatus and ritual objects used to access 
the place where the tangible and the mystical converge. Installations, 
performances, and actions using these tools are vital aspects of my work.

Through the use of classic techniques such as silk-screen, letterpress, 
8mm film, and an analog 4-track, and by combining cast-off household 
items, objects from nature, and other time-worn materials in assemblages, 
my pieces often have a mysteriously vintage feel. The ordinary and the
taken-for-granted, when seen in a new context or put to unexpected use, 
have the power to elicit a sudden sense of the improbable nature of 
existence. All of my work is ultimately based on my "Choose Determinism"
concept, the paradoxical notion that free will and destiny exist 
simultaneously, just as the laws of classical physics and quantum 
mechanics are able to coexist.

The installation for ECCO VANITAS is designed to convey the sense that
"scientific" probing into the mysteries of the universe is like an
infinitely complex puzzle, a game, a hidden code that may be cracked 
through awareness and careful observation of details. The objects in 
the arrangement will be moved in a predetermined manner according to 
unpredictable shifts in the weather. Passers-by the gallery will be 
able to follow the "game" as the season turns to winter and the system 
behind the glass evolves. A form of alchemy will occur as associations 
between objects located near one another are considered and reconsidered, 
and as other objects disappear and are replaced.