My work, at the moment, is falling into the categories practice-based research or performance-as-research. In other words, my research work at Emory University is not guided by a particular set of disciplinary methodologies, but rather by my performance and public intervention collaborations. Since I am working on a doctoral dissertation, as opposed to an MFA or studio PhD, there is some effort that goes into describing things like “research questions” and the fields where the work is located, as well as how the work makes contributions in return. I should say that my experience at Emory and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago convinces me that serious work in contemporary art institutions is in no way less critical or self-reflexive than work coming out of traditional academic contexts. But, for whatever reasons (and there are some we could discuss), two very different regimes–research and creative practice–are coming up against each other in ways that affect decisions regarding intention and form.

I have broken down some recent work into two categories:

MULTI-MEDIA SKETCHES  This work seeks to explore, establish, and trouble my relationship to the content of my work.

COLLABORATIONS  These projects enable me to continue to explore the subjects of my research in relation with other practitioners and, at times, the public.