Under Water

Under Water, installed as part of Memphis Social exhibition (TN), inkjet prints & video, 2013
Under Water, installed as part of Memphis Social exhibition (TN), inkjet prints & video, 2013
Under Water, installed as part of Memphis Social exhibition (TN), inkjet prints & video, 2013
Under Water, installed as part of Memphis Social exhibition (TN), inkjet prints & video, 2013
Under Water, installed as part of Memphis Social exhibition (TN), inkjet prints & video, 2013
Under Water, installed as part of Memphis Social exhibition (TN), flyers in various downtown locations, 2013
Under Water (flyer detail), 2013, fake real estate flyers for foreclosed houses with fictional stories, 11 x 8.5 inches, 12 total
Under Water, installed as part of Memphis Social exhibition (TN), flyers in various downtown locations (after rain), 2013
Under Water, installed as part of Memphis Social exhibition (TN), flyers in various downtown locations, 2013
Under Water, installed as part of Memphis Social exhibition (TN), flyers in various downtown locations, 2013
Under Water, installed as part of Memphis Social exhibition (TN), flyers in various downtown locations, 2013
Under Water, installed as part of Memphis Social exhibition (TN), flyers in various downtown locations (after rain), 2013
Under Water, installed as part of Memphis Social exhibition (TN), flyers in various downtown locations (after rain), 2013
Under Water, gallery installation, Artistic Developments exhibition (NARS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY), inkjet prints, acrylic holders, video, desk, chair and plant, 2016
Under Water, gallery installation,  Artistic Developments exhibition (NARS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY), inkjet prints, acrylic holders, video, desk, chair and plant, 2016
Under Water, soft cover book of writings and images, 28-pages, 2016

Named after the euphemistic phrase for owing more on your house than it is worth, the video component of this project takes a literal approach to that terminology in its treatment of images from foreclosed real estate listings. Each house is printed on an inkjet printer and sprayed with water until the ink starts to run down the page. The resultant water damage erodes the facades while also referencing the aftermath of natural disasters.

The project is installed to emulate a real estate office, or reference one in a gallery setting, complete with flyers displayed in a grid in the window. The familiar design of the flyers, however, comes with the unexpected addition of a dreamt, nonfictional memory of the lives of the people these houses once provided shelter for, revealing an intimate story of these dwellings as private homes.

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