“Moya Moya: The Invasion of Non-Natives” from 2005 ( images below),” is an installation that reads as a large-scale, wide-open sketchbook. It explores the use of digital media tools such as imaging software, scanners, and color copy machines. It combines found imagery with own text and drawings to generate a metaphor for political and militaristic human behavior. The title refers to a brain disease called Moya Moya (a Japanese term for “brain cloud”), which is a condition wherein a nebulous ball of tissues invades and strangles the brain, making surgery rather difficult. The piece asks the viewer to consider the 2001 U.S. invasion of the Middle East in a similar fashion. As a subtext, I am using the environmental interactions between native and non-native plant and animal species as a means of addressing human aggression and victimization in such situations.

Other installations such as “Wonders of the Sea (2007),” “The Dead Sea (2007),” and “Noise Pollution (2007)” were all conceived as site specific works from their inception. They utilize space and particular arrangements to make a specific impact on the viewer.