2016
FLATLANDERS
Ceremony for dissipative entities (quadraphonic sound, water cast bronze)
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art; Omaha, Nebraska.
Flatlanders is a performance and sculpture series inspired by Omaha's last major tornadic swarm (May 6th, 1975). The work consists of bronze sculptures (made in collaboration with Vivian Chiu), and a multi-channel sound performance making use of never-before heard archival recordings taken by Omaha’s 911 emergency response call center.
“Behold yon miserable creature. That Point is a Being like ourselves, but confined to the non-dimensional Gulf. He is himself his own World, his own Universe; of any other than himself he can form no conception…” ― Edwin A. Abbott
Thank you,
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art
Douglas County Historical Society
Tom Harnack of Omaha Clayworks
Les Bruning of Bruning Sculpture
Sophia Glasser-Kerr