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Dwindle, a 22’ high wall installation consisting of 45 ink and layered cut paper panels accompanied by a shelf holding a set of binoculars and a series of guidebooks to North American wildlife, explores the relationship between population rates of indigenous species and varying levels of human activity. Utilizing as a point of departure the California Floristic Province, one of North America’s three biodiversity hotspots, the piece explores the tenuous relationship between humans and the natural world that we inhabit. Various species can be seen within each panel’s three overlapping layers only by looking through small geometric holes that have been cut from each paper layer. Starting at the highest row with the scarcest indigenous species and the fewest geometric windows and gradually e
Dwindle
Cut paper and ink
276"h x 72"w
2011
Installation view
Installation view
Cut paper and ink
276"h x 72"w
2011
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2011
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2011
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Detail
Cut paper and ink
276"h x 72"w
2011
Detail
Detail
Cut paper and ink
276"h x 72"w
2011