The Transmissions series explores the influence of media and technology on perception, identity, and collective awareness. Framed through a speculative science fiction narrative, the work imagines DNA-encoded messages discovered within crystal formations and translated by contemporary institutions. These transmissions are embedded within retro-futurist collages that merge vivid planetscapes, mid-century figures, and industrial imagery.
Each work is accompanied by a haiku written by San Francisco poet Missy Church, extending the visual language of the series into a parallel poetic register. Together, image and text operate as layered transmissions, offering both signal and interpretation.
Balancing a sense of space-age wonder with underlying skepticism, the series questions whether technological advancement expands human agency or deepens systems of control, suggesting a future in which media and persuasion extend into the most fundamental structures of perception and identity.
Materials
cut paper collage, digital collage
cut paper collage, digital collage
Exhibition
SHIFT Gallery
Seattle, 2018
SHIFT Gallery
Seattle, 2018
Transmission 14, 2018, manipulated analog and digital collage on aluminum Dibond, 36 x 14 in
Transmission 1, 2018, manipulated analog and digital collage on aluminum Dibond, 20 x 20 in
Transmission 2, 2018, manipulated analog and digital collage on aluminum Dibond, 20 x 20 in
Transmission 3, 2018, manipulated analog and digital collage on aluminum Dibond, 20 x 20 in
Transmission 4, 2018, manipulated analog and digital collage on aluminum Dibond, 20 x 20 in
Transmission 5, 2018, manipulated analog and digital collage on aluminum Dibond, 20 x 20 in
Transmission 6, 2018, manipulated analog and digital collage on aluminum Dibond, 20 x 20 in
Transmission 7, 2018, manipulated analog and digital collage on aluminum Dibond, 20 x 20 in
Transmission 8, 2018, manipulated analog and digital collage on aluminum Dibond, 20 x 20 in
Transmission 15, 2018, manipulated analog and digital collage on aluminum Dibond, 36 x 15 in
Transmission 9, 2018, manipulated analog and digital collage on aluminum Dibond, 20 x 20 in
Transmission Data 1, 2018, ceramic earthenware and PLA filament, 18 x 9 in
Transmission Data 2, 2018, ceramic earthenware and PLA filament, 6 x 9 x 5 in
Transmissions Installation View
Transmissions Installation View
Transmission Data 3, 2018, ceramic earthenware and PLA filament, 6 x 9 x 5 in
Transmission Data 4, 2018, ceramic earthenware and PLA filament, 6 x 9 x 5 in
Transmission Data 5, 2018, ceramic earthenware and PLA filament, 6 x 9 x 5 in
Transmission Data 6, 2018, ceramic earthenware and PLA filament, 6 x 9 x 5 in
Transmission Data 7, 2018, ceramic earthenware and PLA filament, 6 x 9 x 5 in
