As a way to change relationships in imagery between landscapes and humans, this series of animated GIFs portrays relationships that have been "queered", or made strange. Each GIF produces power in ways that do not produce power, but because they are GIF images, they are always animated, looping quietly in the background.
  • American Powered Paper Turbine (animated GIF)
    American Powered Paper Turbine (animated GIF)
    *click image to see animation* paper, thread This animation was shot in front of a window facing an Alcoa Aluminum smelter in Eskifjordur, Iceland, which is powered by a nearby, controversial hydro-electric powerstation.
  • Relations: I Am Generating Power (animatedGIF)
    Relations: I Am Generating Power (animatedGIF)
    *click image to view animation" This is a video performance piece, in which I recorded each portion of a performance of energy production on separate layers of video to produce a looping, autonomous performance of power production.
  • EnergyFromTheLand/EnergyForTheLand(animatedGIF)
    EnergyFromTheLand/EnergyForTheLand(animatedGIF)
    *click image to see GIF animation* In front of a geothermal electricity plant, I used my bicycle to produce electricity that powered a grow light, bringing light to the moss on the rocks in the dark Icelandic Winter.
  • American Powered Paper Turbine (animated GIF)
  • Relations: I Am Generating Power (animatedGIF)
  • EnergyFromTheLand/EnergyForTheLand(animatedGIF)