Selected Prints
IRIS/Giclees

Much of my work in print has been about perception and memory. In short, about histories told from a future standpoint. This may entail hindsight about physical or cultural perception, but the act of memory is always held circumspect. In history, there is no objectivity, merely accounts.

Vietnam: Imperfect Memory last howed at the New York Digital Salon in 1997, and it deals with my perception of three histories of the Vietnam War. These consist of childhood memories of my brother's failed conscription, the television record I rememered, and the media record contained in a CD-ROM filled with images from the war. All three seemed to have different epistemological trajectories, and the resultant work reflects my ambivalence regarding the differences int he three accounts. Which one was 'right'?

The Ohio Series works were created for a proposed renovationof a Cleveland area transit terminal. The central elements consists of images of the Hulett ore loaders (now defunct) on the Lake Erie shore, near downtown Cleveland. In an era when cities such as Cleveland are expending millions on new construction and technology initiatives, the historical frequently fades in light of 'progress'. In that the Huletts are in the process of dismantlement (these structures are nearly 300 feet long), there is a certain irony in that one of the more remarkable eras of Cleveland history, that of third-wave industrialization, is apparently one to be elided in the light of the Silicon Boom of the fin de millennium.

The inclusion of these pieces was mainly from a request by the art center, and by virtue of the relevance of their regional context.