Swell
2017
digital animation, 10:13
Score by Jeremy Turner
Sound Design by Owen O'Neill
Animation Assistance: Penn Eastburn
First exhibited at Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, Ca, September, 2017
Swell is the final animation in a series inspired by Hudson River painter Thomas Cole’s Course of Empire cycle. Consummation of Empire, the central painting in the series, provides the point of departure for the animation which depicts a city growing and expanding to unprecedented heights as industrialization gives way to a digital future.
At the heart of Swell is the labor that lays the foundation of the expanding empire. While Swell draws parallels between artist and laborer, it reminds us that the artist is never outside of this cycle of expansion, and in fact, plays a key role in it.
Hollow and Swell, Installation View, Catharine Clark Gallery
Hollow and Swell, Installation View, Catharine Clark Gallery
Stills from Swell
Still from Swell, 2017, digital animation, 10:19. 
Still from Swell, 2017, digital animation, 10:19.
Still from Swell, 2017, digital animation, 10:19.
Storyboard from Swell
Sculpture
The Price of Gold (with Nicholas Rubin), 2015-17, 3 channel digital animationanimation, 65" monitors, wood frames, hinges, players. 5:00.
Valley, 2017, Wood, stone, animation, Ipad, cable.17"x17"x17".
Pool, 2017, Stone, animation, Ipad, cable.14"x14"x14". 
Park, 2017, Stone, animation, Ipad, cable.12"x12"x12".
Circular Lament, 2017, Wood, animation,Ipad, cable.
Watercolors
Hermitage I, 2017, Watercolor on paper, 68"x46"
Automaton, 2017, Watercolor on paper, 25.5" x 25.5"
