I am committed to an investigation of material guided by conceptual practice. In the process of this investigation, I make connections between themes of absence and presence -- and material movements through time, place, identity, order, and change.  I reflect on physical transformations as they exist in perceptual fields of reference and attempt to connect them to philosophical concerns of experience, transitory existence, and materiality.  These personal reflections are based on my experiences as I negotiate the world as it is presented to me through various architectural, spatial or material environments.   

I typically deliver these conceptual explorations through the medium of site-specific installations, graphic works, schematic mapping and photography, all of which explore the idea of transitional states.  The material response to these environments tends to be of an industrial nature, as that history and reference is a nostalgic component of my perspective.  My current research is investigating fields of flexible structures, modular methodologies, and systems of repetition that occur in natural systems.  At the center of this investigation is to distill a meaning of ecology that is relevant to cultural identity.

JKM 2008