BLACKDAMP
2025
BLACKDAMP A PLAY IN FOUR ACTS
ACT ONE YOU ARE ABOVEGROUND. EVERYTHING IS WICKED. EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS BEING PALMED. NOTHING IS SHORT OF PERFECT
ACT TWO IT THREATENS, PERHAPS ONLY BECAUSE IT MIGHT SPILL OVER INTO THE MATERIAL WORLD. YOU LIKE ITS THREATENING ASPECT - THOUGH YOU NEGLECT TO SAY THIS WHEN WE SIT TOGETHER AT THE TABLE MADE FROM GNEISS BLACK SHALE AND SLEDDING EARTHROCK. OUR CRATERS POINT IN ONE DIRECTION (DOWN)
ACT THREE THERE IS A BLURRINESS TO IT. SOMETIMES STEPS LEADING DOWN. SOMETIMES IT’S SLEIGHT OF HAND. AND SOMETIMES THE ENTRANCE IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE REST OF THE FOREST. THE MISSING PEOPLE OF THE MOUNTAINS ARE FOUND IN THESE HOLES. DO NOT FORGET THAT EVERY MINE IS A GRAVESITE
ACT FOUR THE GATE IS OPEN GO THROUGH IT
Installation on view at Gelsy Verna Gallery in Madison, Wisconsin, October 2025 w/ riso-printed takeaway
2025
BLACKDAMP A PLAY IN FOUR ACTS
ACT ONE YOU ARE ABOVEGROUND. EVERYTHING IS WICKED. EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS BEING PALMED. NOTHING IS SHORT OF PERFECT
ACT TWO IT THREATENS, PERHAPS ONLY BECAUSE IT MIGHT SPILL OVER INTO THE MATERIAL WORLD. YOU LIKE ITS THREATENING ASPECT - THOUGH YOU NEGLECT TO SAY THIS WHEN WE SIT TOGETHER AT THE TABLE MADE FROM GNEISS BLACK SHALE AND SLEDDING EARTHROCK. OUR CRATERS POINT IN ONE DIRECTION (DOWN)
ACT THREE THERE IS A BLURRINESS TO IT. SOMETIMES STEPS LEADING DOWN. SOMETIMES IT’S SLEIGHT OF HAND. AND SOMETIMES THE ENTRANCE IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE REST OF THE FOREST. THE MISSING PEOPLE OF THE MOUNTAINS ARE FOUND IN THESE HOLES. DO NOT FORGET THAT EVERY MINE IS A GRAVESITE
ACT FOUR THE GATE IS OPEN GO THROUGH IT
Installation on view at Gelsy Verna Gallery in Madison, Wisconsin, October 2025 w/ riso-printed takeaway