For At Home at Hopper('s) House, I reciprocated the access I was granted to the private areas of the house - basement and second floor - by sharing the images I made there (in addition to an image of a shadow of Hopper's bike) with visitors throughout the ground floor rooms.

Kitchen Conversation, Sep. 3rd, 2011

For the room that formerly functioned as a kitchen, now the memorabilia room, I made a Hopper Kitchen neon sign and organized a public conversation with John Cant, Win Perry and Robert Minichiello - who were all instrumental in saving Hopper House from being turned into a parking lot 40 years ago.

Ozaneaux Art Space
For the Sweet + Sour exhibition at
Ozaneaux Art Space, I made "Have a
Seat," a seating arrangement around a
large print under glass. The abstract
looking pattern is made from my image of
a donor's bone-marrow, during the
transplantation that saved my nephew's
life.

link to DKMS

link to HI-New York Hostel

For the second part of this work, I partnered with DKMS and organized a donor drive that took place April 17th, 2011. The Hi-New York Hostel, located in a historic NY building, kindly allowed me to use their ballroom for this event.

invitation  

conducting cheek swabs as part of my
installation, for the DKMS donor
register.

DKMS invitation  

The Visitor project (2006 - ongoing) is
driven by my curiosity about off-limits
spaces and desire to penetrate
architectural and social barriers. I
occasionally succeed in addressing all
by asking strangers for permission to
photograph their backyard- a common
metaphor for privacy and territoriality
- whatever shape it might take.

Visitor images in my studio.

Visit #11

Visit #15

For Visit #23, I visited strangers at
the Flux Factory and made an image of
the backyard that I subsequently turned
into the top of a table.

For the inaugural opening at Flux, 2010,
I hosted strangers and offered candy
dressed conceptually for the occasion.

Duchamp's candy-wrapper inspired my
Kit-Kat covers in box on table

link to Vet Center services
The Welcome Home project (2008-ongoing)
is inspired by being a Visiting Artist,
with my two dogs, at the Brooklyn
Veterans Center, NY. The title refers to
the sign that greets people entering the
place.

"What Do You Want to Find, When You Come Home?" (detail) 2009, Archival pigment prints of scanned handwriting. Permanent wall installation, Brooklyn Veterans Center. Answers are by people inside and outside the Vet Center.

Welcome Home: Volume One, installation,
tART@A.I.R., 2009. Curated by Kat
Griefen.

"Welcome Home: a Post-Battle
Reenactment" a participatory
installation, Governors Island, NY -
Figment 09. The installation mirrors
some of the services at the US Vet
Centers, and participants sign up for a
one-to-one conversation with my
"reenactment" of myself, the
instigator of the Vets & Pets
program (introducing pet companionship
to veterans and assisting with pet
adoptions.) I also ask participants to
write down the answer to: "What do
you want to find when you come
home?"

For Chez Hilton, I used a hotel room to
facilitate a one-night art show,
fundraiser and dining experience.

link to artist Hope Hilton and Tiny
Universe drawings.

link to chef Leif Hedendal

Still Life #4

Still Life #2

Still Life #12

Still Life #10

Still Life #11