Laboratory for the Future emerged from a two-year tenure as inaugural artist-in-residence within the City of Santa Monica Public Works Division (Water, Resource Recovery & Recycling). My work traced the hidden systems that bind ocean to atmosphere, clay to hand, city to citizen. Through collaborations with city staff, visits to well sites and sanitation stations, and the transformation of materials drawn from land and sea, this exhibition traces the quiet choreography of urban life.

Part archive, part studio, part act of devotion, Laboratory for the Future reimagined civic infrastructure as a site of care and connection. Drawings made from excavated well clay and Pacific driftwood, maps developed with the City’s GIS department, and portraits of field workers illuminate the intertwined labors of people and planet. In this space, research becomes ritual, and the city itself is a catalyst for envisioning a more responsive, resilient future.

This work is guided by artists who came before me, particularly Mierle Laderman Ukeles, whose attention to labor, care, and the rhythms of the city continues to illuminate my practice.

Laboratory for the Future is made possible by the city of Santa Monica Recreation and Arts Department Cultural Affairs Division, Public Works Department, and Percent for Arts program. 

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Laboratory for the Future emerged from a two-year tenure as inaugural artist-in-residence within the City of Santa Monica Public Works Division (Water, Resource Recovery & Recycling). My work traced the hidden systems that bind ocean to atmosphere, clay to hand, city to citizen. Through collaborations with city staff, visits to well sites and sanitation stations, and the transformation of materials drawn from land and sea, this exhibition traces the quiet choreography of urban life.

Part archive, part studio, part act of devotion, Laboratory for the Future reimagined civic infrastructure as a site of care and connection. Drawings made from excavated well clay and Pacific driftwood, maps developed with the City’s GIS department, and portraits of field workers illuminate the intertwined labors of people and planet. In this space, research becomes ritual, and the city itself is a catalyst for envisioning a more responsive, resilient future.

This work is guided by artists who came before me, particularly Mierle Laderman Ukeles, whose attention to labor, care, and the rhythms of the city continues to illuminate my practice.

Laboratory for the Future is made possible by the city of Santa Monica Recreation and Arts Department Cultural Affairs Division, Public Works Department, and Percent for Arts program.

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Laboratory for the Future emerged from a two-year tenure as inaugural artist-in-residence within the City of Santa Monica Public Works Division (Water, Resource Recovery & Recycling). My work traced the hidden systems that bind ocean to atmosphere, clay to hand, city to citizen. Through collaborations with city staff, visits to well sites and sanitation stations, and the transformation of materials drawn from land and sea, this exhibition traces the quiet choreography of urban life.

Part archive, part studio, part act of devotion, Laboratory for the Future reimagined civic infrastructure as a site of care and connection. Drawings made from excavated well clay and Pacific driftwood, maps developed with the City’s GIS department, and portraits of field workers illuminate the intertwined labors of people and planet. In this space, research becomes ritual, and the city itself is a catalyst for envisioning a more responsive, resilient future.

This work is guided by artists who came before me, particularly Mierle Laderman Ukeles, whose attention to labor, care, and the rhythms of the city continues to illuminate my practice.

Laboratory for the Future is made possible by the city of Santa Monica Recreation and Arts Department Cultural Affairs Division, Public Works Department, and Percent for Arts program. 

Click on images below to view full screen.

Laboratory for the Future emerged from a two-year tenure as inaugural artist-in-residence within the City of Santa Monica Public Works Division (Water, Resource Recovery & Recycling). My work traced the hidden systems that bind ocean to atmosphere, clay to hand, city to citizen. Through collaborations with city staff, visits to well sites and sanitation stations, and the transformation of materials drawn from land and sea, this exhibition traces the quiet choreography of urban life.

Part archive, part studio, part act of devotion, Laboratory for the Future reimagined civic infrastructure as a site of care and connection. Drawings made from excavated well clay and Pacific driftwood, maps developed with the City’s GIS department, and portraits of field workers illuminate the intertwined labors of people and planet. In this space, research becomes ritual, and the city itself is a catalyst for envisioning a more responsive, resilient future.

This work is guided by artists who came before me, particularly Mierle Laderman Ukeles, whose attention to labor, care, and the rhythms of the city continues to illuminate my practice.

Laboratory for the Future is made possible by the city of Santa Monica Recreation and Arts Department Cultural Affairs Division, Public Works Department, and Percent for Arts program. 

Click on images below to view full screen.

Laboratory for the Future emerged from a two-year tenure as inaugural artist-in-residence within the City of Santa Monica Public Works Division (Water, Resource Recovery & Recycling). My work traced the hidden systems that bind ocean to atmosphere, clay to hand, city to citizen. Through collaborations with city staff, visits to well sites and sanitation stations, and the transformation of materials drawn from land and sea, this exhibition traces the quiet choreography of urban life.

Part archive, part studio, part act of devotion, Laboratory for the Future reimagined civic infrastructure as a site of care and connection. Drawings made from excavated well clay and Pacific driftwood, maps developed with the City’s GIS department, and portraits of field workers illuminate the intertwined labors of people and planet. In this space, research becomes ritual, and the city itself is a catalyst for envisioning a more responsive, resilient future.

This work is guided by artists who came before me, particularly Mierle Laderman Ukeles, whose attention to labor, care, and the rhythms of the city continues to illuminate my practice.

Laboratory for the Future is made possible by the city of Santa Monica Recreation and Arts Department Cultural Affairs Division, Public Works Department, and Percent for Arts program. 

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