Chromogenic prints, 30 x 40 in. (dimensions variable), 2018 - 2019. Series of thirteen images.
"Let us again take up the two representations and the double doubt about the faithfulness of the representatives, and we shall have defined the Parliament of Things." - Bruno Latour1
Taking quotidian organic and inorganic materials as their point of departure, these still life compositions (nature morte) were conceived of as photographic sketches that contemplate the "after-nature" condition of our contemporary moment. Intended as reflections on the still life genre in photography and painting, they explore tropes of consumption, waste, and economy. As a contemporary rejoinder to the genre's largely unquestioned domestication of nature, the images seek to consider how "nature" – and thus what we think of as natural– operates as a technologically-mediated construct, co-created with and through social practices.
Still life 08.04.18 with bodega eucalyptus, found branch with leaves, modelling clay, string, plastic, potato, incense
Still life 07.26.18, no. 3, with burnt paper bag, carnations, corn husks
Still life 07.21.18, no.1, with navel orange, ball, grapes, brass wire, modelling clay, carnation
Still life 08.16.18, with brass wire, bodega rose, cellophane, clay, foil, rock, can, rubber, string
Still life 07.26.18, no. 2, with burnt paper bag, spoon, clay, star anise, rice, daal, lemon, carnation, dried chipotle
Still life 07.25.18 no.2, with grape stems, synthetic hair, eucalyptus leaves, oranges, hair net, acrylic paint
Still life 07.21.18, no. 3, with navel orange, carnation, grape, brass wire, gypsum
Still life 07.25.18., no.1, with grape stems, synthetic hair, eucalyptus leaves, hair net, acrylic paint
Still life 08.16.18 w/ avocado, cherimoya, bodega Ice Ballet, plastic net, modelling clay, onion
Still life 07.27.18, no. 4, with burnt paper bag, corn husk, carnations, wooden spoon
Still life 08.12.18, with bodega sunflower, plastic, string
Still life 07.22.18, no.2, with blood orange, navel orange, grapes, dried chipotle, brass wire, modelling clay, gypsum
Still life 07.26.18, no.1, with paper bag, spoon, clay, star anise, rice, daal, lemon, carnation, dried chipotle