Artist Statement

I create moving artworks using bodies and upcycled materials that address the multi-faceted crisis of climate change. My work examines our relationship with and impact on the earth, models scientific phenomena, reveals human triumphs and faults, and envisions a co-created resilient future. Grounded in and around geographies that have been environmentally compromised, my work reflects on the anthropocene age and our earth dependency. On-the-ground developments of the places in which I work drive my creative process, focusing on the complexity and interconnectivity of people and place. My process involves deep physical listening and interactions through physical partnering with attention to humans and other than human things and places. Within this process I ask, what does physicalizing a place tell us about our own humanity and approaches to being with each other. My work serves as a modeling and reflective tool, a space for inquiry, investigation, and engagement, and a driver of cultural change, which I believe is necessary for meeting the intersectional challenges of climate change and environmental degradation. Costuming, sets and installations adhere to zero-waste practices and demonstrate circular economy principles, upcycling materials otherwise headed to landfill. Water rights and quality and plastic pollution are long standing themes that have played out on Coney Island with dances performed along the shoreline created for the malleable surface of sand and aligned with beach clean ups, in Plastic People of the Universe, upcycling 10,000 plastic six-pack holders collected from pizzarias into sets and costumes, Immersive Performance Tours, performances traversing the Gowanus Canal, Overflow, a post-Hurricane Sandy reflection on the energetic nature of water, and Water…We Waiting For?, a traveling site work exploring water rights and equity in the dessert southwest. With my performances and projects, I offer a vision of hope for the future that depicts interconnectedness and possibility.