In Extremis (2026)
In Extremis is a multimedia installation that examines the effects of climate change and human impact on the South Carolina coastline, and the ways in which eroding salt marshes impact the surrounding landscape to create ghost forests. As marshes erode, saltwater encroaches on the maritime forests, slowly killing living trees and turning them into decaying lumber. Constructed devices are inspired by the Continuous Plankton Recorder, an instrument that allows the ocean to record itself using a continuous roll of gauze that collects physical material across hundreds of miles. Each transect can then be analyzed to better understand oceanic conditions. Drawing from this methodology, each workstation integrates video and audio that dissect and interpret different forms of data gathered at Hunting Island, SC. This work is the search for a transitional landscape and methods to quantify it. It is about personal and historic observations documenting a shifting landscape over time, and how all of these things combine to create a new environment that is in constant flux.
MATERIALS
Extension cords, wood, time-lapse photos of the sky, photographs, vintage wallpaper, found objects, plaster casts, resin casts, drawings on vellum, screenprints, laser cut trees, Hunting Island blueprints, sand bags, tripods, paper rocks, reflective mylar heart blankets, found fishing nets, Spanish moss, clay collected from the ocean floor, audio, video, vs display screens, projectors, concrete, rocks collected at Hunting Island, palm fronds, reflective glass beads, tape, diving weights, dye sublimation prints, rubber, field notes, journal entires, lasercut surveyor chain, brick collected at Hunting Island, plumb line, tree bark, graph paper, digital prints of Hunting Island coastline over time, watercolor, acrylic paint, maps of Hunting Island, c-stands, bespoke cart, surveyor tripods, survey whiskers, sand, found plastic bags, oil paint, poster stands, binder clips, nautical distance calculator, seaweed, string, climbing rope, carabiners, wooden file boxes, bespoke continuous plankton recorders, bungee cords, hose clamps, Petri dish, test tubes, shelves, marine vinyl, zip ties, bespoke clipboards, wood dust
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