Still Life

Still Life is a site-specific project utilizing sculpture, drawings, music and performance to explore themes of life, death and rebirth through the prism of San Diego’s native plants.
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Still Life is a collaboration with writer Mary Haidri and director Hannah Ryan as part of the Nettleworks collective.

An actor laid in a pile of red dirt, surrounded by prickly pear cactus. After the performance her body imprint remained in the dirt along with the handkerchief she rested her head on.

Performed by: Emelie Faith Thompson

Not An Exit Gallery, The Bread and Salt Factory, San Diego

Every Path was a site-specific production about a woman’s journey through adulthood as she encountered multiple versions of herself, each version representing a different choice and reality. The audience was self-guided and journeyed through the piece exploring these themes through nature, sculpture, music, dance, and performance art.

The Golem of Havana was a critically acclaimed musical exploring the lives of a Jewish family in Cuba on the brink of a revolution. My contribution to the production was a series of shadow puppets made to resemble a comic book strip which was part of the opening act.

"You humble yourselves
by going through the motions of penance,
bowing your heads
like reeds bending in the wind.
You dress in burlap
and cover yourselves with ashes.
Is this what you call fasting?
Do you really think this will please the Lord?"
- Isaiah 58:5

Euclid/16th Street Pedestrian Tunnel Permanent Public Art Piece

I was selected from a group of artists to design the underpass walls for a new pedestrian tunnel near the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. The pedestrian tunnel connects on street parking and fraternities to the University Memorial Center on campus. It also is a passageway for the bus stop with the highest traffic in Boulder. The tunnel walls are each eight foot in height and approximately one hundred feet long. Large relief concrete tree roots reach down through layers of river rock, sandstone, and iridescent green tile evoking the imagery of the earth being split in two.