From the exhibition "Bitter Sweet"

installation: video projection, mirror, sound and scent
8' x 8' x 6'' 2007

Oriental Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus is an invasive plant found along the banks of Poughkeepsie’s Casperkill Creek. As an invasive, Oriental Bittersweet is one of the many indicators that define and identify problems-solutions of the local and global environment. In conjunction with Vassar’s Environmental Studies Program, we are working with biologists, geographers, botanists, archeologists, geologists, political scientists, fellows, students and community spokespeople to identify their concerns about the Casperkill. We are using these issues and elements as art material, representing their characteristics in an multifaceted installation that includes video projection, reflection, scent and sound, not only to explore connections to and metaphors of globalization but also to offer the visitor a bitter-sweet view of this micro-macro reality.