Category: Posts
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Where Are You?
In November 2021 a nomadic interpretative kiosk embarked on a journey around Great Salt Lake and Colorado River Watersheds visiting places of ecological, hydrological, and cultural significance. Rather than presenting those who encounter it with a didactic statement such as “You are here”, the kiosk invites inquiry-based participation with the prompt “Where are you?” and…
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Last Gesture
“Last Gesture” is a sculpture and short film created in late 2021. It was one of 3 winners of the Frankenthaler Climate Art Awards, and was selected as the Visual Earth component of One Earth Journal Volume 5, Issue 6. The film can be viewed on the Frankenthaler Climate Art Awards website. An inland sea…
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(in)habit
(in)habit was a 7-foot-tall salt pile installed Finch Lane Gallery with Alec Bang. This was the central piece of (in)land, and an (inter)personal reckoning with our habits as white male artists on stolen land.
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Some Updates
Last November I deleted my social media accounts for a variety of reasons. This has been a healthy change for me, and as an attempt to keep my friends updated, I’ll share some things here. I’m wrapping up my AmeriCorps service term in Green River soon. Here’s what I’ve been doing: Epicenter-Assisting in the design…
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Revisit
See official publication in SWContemporary Vol. 2 Flights of Fancy In August 2020, I relocated from Salt Lake City to Green River, Utah on a volunteer contract. This is a real boom-and-bust town, known for its defunct missile base, melon fields, slot canyons, uranium tailings, and prospects of a nuclear reactor. Much of my extended…
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Reinbahiting a Blank Spot on the Map
The land south of my new home is a decrepit missile launch complex. Alec Bang and I recently began a project there which will be exhibited at Finch Lane Gallery this year. This blog post serves to share a quick WIP update.
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Response & Responsibility
Response & Responsibility is a collaborative sculpture and short film documenting the burning of a barbed-wire wrapped dining set on a burn scar in Central Utah using discarded barbed wire with Alec Bang, and exhibited in our dual-show (in)land at Finch Lane Gallery in Salt Lake City.
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Inland Sea
Inland Sea is a series of images and text made around the edges of the Great Salt Lake from 2017-2020. Taking influence from the Center for Land Use Interpretation ethos, I made my way around the lake trying to understand the language of land-use and my own personal narrative around the Great Salt Lake. This…
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Screen Time
Screentime is a single 40×50″ C-print produced in 2019 from the scan of a large format color film slide. Using no digital alteration except for dust removal, this image was created to replicate a dream, reflecting on its meaning during the creative process. The final print was exhibited in the Alfred Lambourne Arts Program. As…
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Pedal to Pow
An endless snake of brake lights inches forward along Wasatch Boulevard any winter morning. The inhabitants of each automobile daydreaming of first tracks down Great Scott or setting the booter up Superior. This sect of Utah’s population also contains many passionate people fighting to protect what is left of a waning snowpack. Kind of…
Doug Tolman 