Provisioning
The Provisioning show was largely based on one image: an 1888 image of the provisions needed for one year in the Yukon. The image raised questions about how we consider the act of providing for ourselves-- about what factors define the parameters of what is needed vs. discard-able. What is it that you can’t do without? How will you take it all with you? Do you create your needs, or are these needs manufactured for you? How much does optimism determine what comes with you and what is left behind?
For this show we created a series of drawings, prints, and sculptures that articulate the reality of these questions. Skirting time and place, the pieces in Provisioning at Sarah Doyle Gallery on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, told a story of transition that is touched by fantasy and reality, of fascination with the mobility of travel and the freedom it implies- if not exactly guarantees - and of advertising’s ability to forge the
perceptions of what we need to move in the world.
While we were creating this work the Occupy movements had reached full momentum world- wide. We noticed that different cities had varying ideas about what the organizers deemed necessary for the occupiers to thrive in their protests against greed and corruption. Two drawings in Provisioning recreate the layout of the original prospector drawing but use the supply lists of our hometown Occupy Movements in Boston and Portland to illustrate the needs of the campers. Other pieces in Provisioning include a combined chicken coop dress, boots that can carry fruit, and an installation based on water needs for one month.
For this show we created a series of drawings, prints, and sculptures that articulate the reality of these questions. Skirting time and place, the pieces in Provisioning at Sarah Doyle Gallery on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, told a story of transition that is touched by fantasy and reality, of fascination with the mobility of travel and the freedom it implies- if not exactly guarantees - and of advertising’s ability to forge the
perceptions of what we need to move in the world.
While we were creating this work the Occupy movements had reached full momentum world- wide. We noticed that different cities had varying ideas about what the organizers deemed necessary for the occupiers to thrive in their protests against greed and corruption. Two drawings in Provisioning recreate the layout of the original prospector drawing but use the supply lists of our hometown Occupy Movements in Boston and Portland to illustrate the needs of the campers. Other pieces in Provisioning include a combined chicken coop dress, boots that can carry fruit, and an installation based on water needs for one month.