mixed media installation, 2023

Drill Love. Extract Secrets. Spill Dreams portrays an environmental catastrophe caused by human exploitation of natural resources. The video, displayed inside a fuel tank, combines found footage and 3D renderings of light pollution, birds covered in oil spills, burnt corrals, and a rig monster flying over clouds. The installation features shells that emit bright green light pollution, which is also reflected in the video.

Materials: Video, oil sands created by the 1978 Amoco Cadiz oil spill, shells, feathers, found plastic foam, found tubes, green LED lights, iPad, plastic film, moss, Atlantic wolffish teeth, found tubes, found fuel tank