Desert Head

A single-channel video of a head poking out of the sand in a desert landscape, the eyes are closed, framed in such a way as we can’t tell if it’s someone buried up to their neck or whether it’s a decapitated head.

The eyes dart open and we hear the head’s internal monologue, worrying over trivial and mundane aspects of everyday life - “Did I leave the gas on?!…”

At the end of the monologue the eyes close again.

My ideal ‘head’ would be the actor Paul Putner.

My Empire of Dirt

A two part project/sculpture/installation, existing concurrently.

One part involves the purchase of a standard single burial plot in a cemetery. The plot is then dug, as if ready to receive a burial.

In the other part, the earth removed from that burial plot is exhibited as a mound in a room/gallery somewhere else (logically, within the same city/town).

Both spaces can be visited by the public.