AMERICAN TIMESCAPES EXHIBITION AT PUSHDOT STUDIO

Opening, Artist Reception and Artist Talk: Friday, October 4th, 6-8 pm

On view from October 4 — November 27 at Pushdot Studio in Portland, Oregon

Stories are the pillars of the self, revealing who we have been, who we are, and who we are becoming — yet they remain intangible, sliding across time and shapeshifting between fact and fiction. In my work, I am primarily concerned with the translation of stories across time, an investigation that draws me toward the concept of deep time. Through my photographic collages — slicing and reorganizing slivers of frozen time — I explore how our stories might inhabit the past, present, and future simultaneously.

In “American Timescapes,” I address the ephemerality of the American experience across deep time. Each piece in this series is constructed from three separate photographs of a landscape or region, taken minutes, hours, days, or even years apart. These images are then cut, folded, and combined to form 3-dimensional photo sculptures that visualize a compressing of time.

As we confront the realities of climate change and accelerate toward numerous technological breakthroughs — from gene editing to advances in AI and expanded space exploration — the narratives we create will shape who we are becoming. “American Timescapes” is an invitation to reflect on our relationship with all of time — the past, the present, and the deep future — and to reconsider how we are crafting the story of our existence.