The sculptures and videos in Same Rock are based on a “little Switzerland” in Appalachia, founded on the promise of its similarity to the Alps, and explore myths of universality, aesthetic deception, and the politics and economics of mountains. Please Enjoy… offers “moonshine” or “water.” Mountain is a Mountain layers audio descriptions of what a mountain looks like with a projection of the two mountain ranges on a severed rock, negotiating experience, language, and geography. Holographic Mountain embodies the language of design innovation, proposing to remedy mountaintop removal mining by projecting holographic Swiss Alps on sites where Appalachian peaks have been leveled. [works in progress]

Mountain is a Mountain

Holographic Mountain