L5, or Lagrange point 5, is an area in the moon’s orbit around earth where space colonies are often planned to take place. L5 is a point of relative stasis—a balancing point between the gravity of the earth and the gravity of the moon (there are five such points in any system with one body orbiting another). Little energy is required to stay in orbital position at L5, … [Read more...]
Long Island City Sundial Field Guide
Long Island City Sundial Field Guide, 2013. 5.83 in x 8.26 in x .28 in., 60-page softcover digital-offset printed book. The Long Island City Sundial is a neighborhood-wide sundial in Queens, New York, just across the East River from Manhattan. The prominent 201-meter Citicorp building's shadow can be tracked across the neighborhood and used to tell time throughout the day and … [Read more...]
Atlas Dream Sequence
Atlas Dream Sequence, 2011. 5.75 x 11.125 x 1 in. Inkjet printed, drumleaf case bound by hand, 36 pages, edition of 25. Atlas Dream Sequence is a series of collages made from maps, where each page spread is an imagined magnification from the previous spread. The front and back of the book are equal; the sequence of images can be read from either direction. Atlas Dream … [Read more...]
Manhattanhenge
Manhattanhenge, 2009. Poster design, open edition. Design of a poster describing the phenomena of Manhattanhenge, where twice a year the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid, fully illuminating East-West cross streets for the last fifteen minutes of daylight. This poster was made as a commission for The Work Office, a mulitidisiciplinary art project by Katarina … [Read more...]
Forest & Stream
Forest & Stream, 2009. A collaboration with Nicholas Fraser, 38 site specific installations placed on October 25, 2009, 14th street in New York. For one day, color coded texts of powdered chalk describing various types of forest and water features were placed in the approximate location of the now urbanized sites. The texts, based on data from the Mannahatta Project, … [Read more...]