Lineage is a portrait of physical and political power. Positioned in altitude and perched upon an elevated black mirrored sea, the disjointed reflection shape-shifts as the viewer navigates limited movement around the work. Rising from a truncated triangle of black sand, Lineage forces questions of access, interconnection and power. How close is one allowed to go? How much is one allowed to know? 

Situated in dialogue with Lineage is 1,585, a site-specific mural mapping the 1,585 California dams as detailed in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams. Each mark is hand-applied in 24K gold leaf, gilding water infrastructure into the fabric of the architecture. Twelve diamonds represent major California reservoirs, with one additional marker in memoriam of the over 450 lives lost in the St. Francis Dam disaster (1928). Located on San Francisquito Canyon Road (Santa Clarita), the dam is said to have failed due to defective soil foundations. This has been recognized as one of the greatest American civil engineering failures of the twentieth century.

Neon, acrylic, black sand
Dimensions variable
2022

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Lineage is a portrait of physical and political power. Positioned in altitude and perched upon an elevated black mirrored sea, the disjointed reflection shape-shifts as the viewer navigates limited movement around the work. Rising from a truncated triangle of black sand, Lineage forces questions of access, interconnection and power. How close is one allowed to go? How much is one allowed to know?

Situated in dialogue with Lineage is 1,585, a site-specific mural mapping the 1,585 California dams as detailed in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams. Each mark is hand-applied in 24K gold leaf, gilding water infrastructure into the fabric of the architecture. Twelve diamonds represent major California reservoirs, with one additional marker in memoriam of the over 450 lives lost in the St. Francis Dam disaster (1928). Located on San Francisquito Canyon Road (Santa Clarita), the dam is said to have failed due to defective soil foundations. This has been recognized as one of the greatest American civil engineering failures of the twentieth century.

Neon, acrylic, black sand
Dimensions variable
2022

Click on images below to view full screen.

Lineage is a portrait of physical and political power. Positioned in altitude and perched upon an elevated black mirrored sea, the disjointed reflection shape-shifts as the viewer navigates limited movement around the work. Rising from a truncated triangle of black sand, Lineage forces questions of access, interconnection and power. How close is one allowed to go? How much is one allowed to know? 

Situated in dialogue with Lineage is 1,585, a site-specific mural mapping the 1,585 California dams as detailed in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams. Each mark is hand-applied in 24K gold leaf, gilding water infrastructure into the fabric of the architecture. Twelve diamonds represent major California reservoirs, with one additional marker in memoriam of the over 450 lives lost in the St. Francis Dam disaster (1928). Located on San Francisquito Canyon Road (Santa Clarita), the dam is said to have failed due to defective soil foundations. This has been recognized as one of the greatest American civil engineering failures of the twentieth century.

Neon, acrylic, black sand
Dimensions variable
2022

Click on images below to view full screen.

Lineage is a portrait of physical and political power. Positioned in altitude and perched upon an elevated black mirrored sea, the disjointed reflection shape-shifts as the viewer navigates limited movement around the work. Rising from a truncated triangle of black sand, Lineage forces questions of access, interconnection and power. How close is one allowed to go? How much is one allowed to know? 

Situated in dialogue with Lineage is 1,585, a site-specific mural mapping the 1,585 California dams as detailed in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams. Each mark is hand-applied in 24K gold leaf, gilding water infrastructure into the fabric of the architecture. Twelve diamonds represent major California reservoirs, with one additional marker in memoriam of the over 450 lives lost in the St. Francis Dam disaster (1928). Located on San Francisquito Canyon Road (Santa Clarita), the dam is said to have failed due to defective soil foundations. This has been recognized as one of the greatest American civil engineering failures of the twentieth century.

Neon, acrylic, black sand
Dimensions variable
2022

Click on images below to view full screen.

Lineage is a portrait of physical and political power. Positioned in altitude and perched upon an elevated black mirrored sea, the disjointed reflection shape-shifts as the viewer navigates limited movement around the work. Rising from a truncated triangle of black sand, Lineage forces questions of access, interconnection and power. How close is one allowed to go? How much is one allowed to know? 

Situated in dialogue with Lineage is 1,585, a site-specific mural mapping the 1,585 California dams as detailed in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams. Each mark is hand-applied in 24K gold leaf, gilding water infrastructure into the fabric of the architecture. Twelve diamonds represent major California reservoirs, with one additional marker in memoriam of the over 450 lives lost in the St. Francis Dam disaster (1928). Located on San Francisquito Canyon Road (Santa Clarita), the dam is said to have failed due to defective soil foundations. This has been recognized as one of the greatest American civil engineering failures of the twentieth century.

Neon, acrylic, black sand
Dimensions variable
2022

Click on images below to view full screen.