JoyAbound® is a fictitious company that provides advice to women about how to lead a happier life. This project addresses the constructs of identity as articulated through Internet advertising, imagery, and text. Company name was conceived by an online business name generator. Performed at Root Division Gallery, July 11th, 2015. Participants: Jeanne Buffa, Lauren Wooley, […]

Using the vast archive of photographic imagery available online, this project addresses the constructs of identity and image. Searching “happy woman” on Google Image, I find common themes in the photographic archive and then reenact the reenactments of the happy women in the images. I then manipulate them with Photoshop to create compositions that respond […]

Using a digital microscope, gallery visitors investigate various materials in Petri dishes and draw and write their observations in the notebook provided.

“Investigation” of Project Nike launch and control sites still visible around the Bay Area, imagining alternative narrative to their original purpose. Participant/contributor: Michael Goodier.