Fourteen Slices of Time (2020) (in collaboration with Joslyn Willauer)
assisted readymade: fourteen custom-printed A6 / 4x6 inch double-sided postcards, wooden stand, metal mailbox, streaming electronic music soundtrack
45 x 25 x 50 cm

Commissioned by the Haus der Kulturen der Welt and the Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftgeschichte, Berlin as part of the Deutschlandsjahr Project Mississippi: An Anthropocene River. First presentation at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin DE, with Deep Time Chicago in “The Current”, part of the larger program “The Shape of a Practice” [26 October 2020-28 February 2021].

This sculptural work is the counterpart to Timeslips; it takes the form of a set of Postcards from a Remembered Earth. In a way, it reverses the usual function of travel postcards as memory triggers: here, it takes our Martian agronomist’s memories and transforms them into physical souvenirs.

Fourteen custom-printed postcards are displayed on a simple stand that fits inside of an archetypal American mailbox. The streaming audio soundtrack can be listened to by visitors to the exhibition on their own mobile device while viewing the postcards.