laser jet print,
8.5 x 11 inches

The Jericho Ditch gallery is situated in a barn in the middle of a field, in the middle of no where, in Virginia. The weathered building sits within a picturesque rural American landscape, gently rolling grass-covered hills lined with patches of forest. The gallery's doors are never locked, and you are kindly asked to just shut off the lights when you leave. For my solo presentation at the space, I chose to include two works: the video One Hour, and written work that involved a small kudzu vine that was planted by the gallerists next to the entrance to the space.

The document was taped to the wall facing the doorway, making it the first thing one sees as they enter the space. The text drifts from a basic request of the reader to help tend to the young but voracious plant growing outside, to a multifaceted psychological implication of the viewer's unwillingness to stay at the gallery and prevent a full-scale infestation of the vine as it blankets the surrounding the landscape decimating the tranquility [see kudzu reference]. The request draws upon the reader's guilt for disregarding what might become ecologically devastating for the land surrounding the gallery, urging a reaction that is a defensive lack of trust in it's author. Leading one to believe the request is merely fictitious or that the severity of the problem is blown out of proportion, thus subjectively justifying their willingness to walk away from the problem. The vine is still growing.




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The plant was planted outside of the gallery's entrance.

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