Merging Spaces is a series of virtual sculptures that combine physical and virtual modes of making and, through an augmented-reality application, embody both physical and virtual ways of experiencing an artwork.
As a comment on extreme consumerism in contemporary life, the ephemeral sculptures are composed of waste products—banal junk such as food packaging, advertising mailers, and plastic bags—as well as discarded digital information. Through physical and digital processes, these materials become artworks that can be experienced as objects of contemplation.
Merging Spaces was first exhibited in a solo show at Another Year in LA gallery in Los Angeles (May 2015), and in Amalgamated Spaces, a solo show at The Building Imagination Center, CSU Stanislaus (October 2015).
