Mark Dion @ Alfred

Wonder (for Alicia)

"..And that's what I think the magic ingredient is: Wonder. Wonder is honest, it’s completely innocent. It can’t be artificially evoked. For me, there’s no greater ability than the gift of another human being giving you that feeling — to hold them still just for a brief moment in their day and have them surrender to wonder. When it’s tapped, the affirmation of being alive reaches you almost to a cellular level. And when an artist does that to another artist, it’s like you’re compelled to pass it on. It’s like a dormant command that suddenly is activated in you, like a call to Devil’s Tower. Do unto others what’s been done to you." - Andrew Stanton

I Have Nothing To Say

"It seems to me that there are two basic ways of working: one is that the artist leads the work and the other is that the work leads the artist. The work ought to lead the artist, not the artist the work. For the artist to lead the work one must assume that the artist knows what he or she is doing and has something to say. When the work leads the artist, the process is one of discovery. I don't have anything I'm dying to say, but I do know that if I allow myself to excavate, to research, the process leads to meanings that could never have been logically imagined." - Anish Kapoor

A Great Big Yes

The first piece I have finished in graduate school:

A Great Big Yes
2012
12' x 30' x 4"
Wood

 

 Here are some installation shots:
 

ISEA was awesome!

Alicia and I had an amazing time in Albuquerque for the International Symposium on Electronic Art. All the folks at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History were incredibly wonderful people and a pleasure to work with, and we're so excited about how the piece looks in the gallery. Here are some installation shots.

Staff Pick

Our Kickstarter Campaign has been featured as a "Staff Pick."

Kickstarter

Alicia and I have launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring You are (on) an island to England! Check out the link and the video for more information. And please help spread the word!

  Our Kickstarter Project 

 

Eternity at Niagara Artists Centre

"Eternity" is currently installed in the Plate Glass Gallery at the Niagara Artists Centre in St. Catherines, Ontario. It will be on view until August 31, 2012.

"Eternity" to be shown at ISEA 2012

"Eternity" has been chosen to be exhibited at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History for the Eighteenth International Symposium on Electronic Art. ISEA 2012 will take place from September 19-24. For more information visit www.isea2012.org

You are (on) an island.

A recent installation of this piece in Biddeford, Maine.

Promise Land

Promise Land
2012
10.5 x 7.5 x 6 "
Wood, milk paint
Made in collaboration with Alicia Eggert

Summer Shoes

All Of Us Together Are Doing Everything

Made In China

Once, in the backseat of my parents' car on the way to a wedding, I came across an American Flag pin that my mom must have just purchased from a dollar store. It came in a small jewelry-type box, and on the underside was a gold, oval sticker that said "Made In China". It blew my mind. Ever since then, I have always checked labels to see where things are made. I found this pin at a great place in Portland, Maine called Ruth's Reusable Resources.

YAY, 2011

YAY
2011
96" x 192"
Metallic Fringe Streamers, Box Fans, Wood
Made in collaboration with Alicia Eggert, with help from Jacob Raeder, Layla Mrozowski, and Ryan Hinkel


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