Do you really want to live on Mars? is an oil slick installation in which I speak of how our efforts to mine our earth’s natural resources have carelessly terraformed this world, creating a hybrid landscape that is an amalgamation of toxic gasses, plastic parts, and chemical waste, all oozing over the natural resources that we, and all other life on this planet, depend on. I used synthetic materials, and a mold making processes to speak of the repetition and byproducts that are common in many commercial processes. There are pustules, oozing out brightly colored goo, and the landscape is painted black, branches and twigs protruding from the surface to create a natural landscape that has been transmogrified to something new, unrecognizable, and undesirable.  3D printed, mutant snails crawl across the surface, their homes on their backs, a suggestion of the need for a massive migration when there are not enough natural resources to sustain humanity.

Materials:

polycarbonate body filler, spray foam, black spray paint, fallen sticks, silicon, acrylic paint, pencil rod, chicken wire, 3d prints, hot glue, black duct tape, silver yarn

installation

2019