Catalyst 2,000,000

Pirate Contemporary Art, Lakewood, CO, 2020-2022

Catalyst is about anyone being a catalyst for change and evolution toward a better self. In turn making the world a better place. A transformation from one state to a different state of being. It is about the interconnection between all things, not just people. A shared experience that allows for an awakening to our place and potential in the world.

Catalyst 2,000,000 is the extension of a previous installation and performance in 2018 about a repeated action intended to induce mindfulness and a meditative state. The act of making, assembling and accumulating, a type of accretion can be a path to transcendence. The subtle action of threading suggest the viewer’s personal engagement with the environments they occupy, both natural and industrial. The process of observing and introspecting completes the work as a mindful experience. I believe to effectively navigate the external world and create positive change one must be internally centered and mindful of their present situation and state of mind, this includes an empathetic perspective of how we effect everything around us. From this understanding a realization emerges about how we repeat everyday actions and should mindfully view the importance of these actions, no matter how small as contributing to the construct of our reality. For Catalyst I cut 2,000,000 cross section circular pieces of rubber from thousands of bicycle inner tubes, counting and documenting each piece in a ledger. For the performance accompanying the installation I hand-thread each piece onto sections of rope. Prints are inked strands of threaded rubber pressed onto 44x44inch pieces of paper using the weight of my body.