this is the work this machine does
a site-specific project exploring ideas of agency, chance, and change
HUDSON, NEW YORK
2018 - 2020
this is the work this machine does is a mixed and multimedia site-specific project that explored the capacity of an off-grid studio space in Hudson, New York, to create work that engaged with the changing environmental energies on site.
As temporary, periodic, and ephemeral ‘machines’ harnessed wind, sun, rain, gravity, & time through a variety of materials & mediums, four timelapse trail cameras documented the project continuously, from work being made to the interactions between wind & weather and the porous structure of the studio itself. Selected video documentation available here or follow @dfpe for updates.
above: inspired by a natural phenomenon (#herbaglyph), a railroad spike plumbed through the roof to trees above the project space harnesses the energy of windheaved branches, to create a ferraglyph, or iron-carving, in sand.
This project acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.
selected works
