Tin Can Conversations

Tin Can Conversations uses the motif of a tin can telephone to explore the fragility, complexity, and profound value of interpersonal communication. Inspired by a difficult cross-country displacement, and by the challenge of maintaining healthy relationships during the COVID pandemic, this series of sculptures and time-based artworks explores physical and psychological distance, miscommunication, disagreement, sensitivity, power dynamics, love, and connection.​ This series is my most important conceptual departure from the core practice of making art related to human impact on the natural environment. But use of recycled, reclaimed, renewable, and natural materials grounds the artworks in eco-friendly studio practices. I enjoy using unconventional materials to connect with audiences, while pushing those materials to overcome their humble origins.

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Tin Can Conversations was originally envisioned for and exhibited within the Project Gallery at Coconino Center for the Arts