Images from my solo show, "New Moon Ball", as part of the Window2Sculpture Emerging Artist Series a The Sculpture Center in Cleveland, Ohio. 

April 24 - May 29 2014

When I go to a concert I am like an uncharged battery. I am drained. Waiting for the concert, I am stuck in a wall of other people, my feet start to hurt, I strain to find a place to see. But none of that matters once the band comes on stage. Lights start to flash and speakers begin to rumble. The crowd, once disjointed, moves to a single rhythm. I can feel the energy from the musicians and their electric guitars pouring into me, entering through the pulse of bass that I  feel in my chest. And in the end, I feel energized, inspired and recharged.

My work attempts to find ways to capture and contain this feeling of experiencing rock and roll. I became very caught up in thinking about a way that I could contain this energy and keep it with me constantly. However, it was not until I began to think of the gallery as a container that I realized that I could use some of these ephemeral aspects of concerts as a medium to evoke these experiences and feelings. In this way I could have a place to go to actually see the lights and feel the vibrations instead of an object that could theoretically contain them. Thus making the experience more real. I wanted to create a universal concert experience, a place to bring back memories of your favorite show, perhaps almost making you feel like you are there again. A place where, if you are anything like me after a concert, you could go to feel energized, inspired and recharged.