Viewshed / Formlines
The term 'built environment' conjures images of architecture and debates about urbanism. In truth, it refers to anything in the world that's man-made and creates space. In this series, I documented landscapes in my sketchbooks, in Milwaukee and on travels to places like South Korea, South Africa, Japan, and Italy. I observed how buildings and spaces can represent topography or the social needs of communities. I documented the evolution of places, both sanctioned and informal, the ways spaces became gathering places or repositories for discarded refuse.
Screenprinting is a very democratic and often ephemeral art form, one used by social movements to disseminate images and ideas. These prints on hanji, a traditional handmade Korean paper that can last more than 1,000 years, becomes a contradiction — a quick-but-forever aspect and my form of architectural preservation.
Formlines @ The University of Notre Dame
Rewriting the Master Narrative @ Arts + Literature Laboratory
