topo cards

Here are some new cards I’m pretty proud of. They’re made from old topo(graphy) maps, which I got for free at an estate sale recently and are backed with some stiff-ish oaktag. With the amount of “upcycling” I do these days, I’m a borderline hipster.

The Hamptons Erasures

A series of erasure poems composed poolside this summer in the Hamptons.

1. but somehow nobody is able to keep them here to say the Rosary

2. You heard how I intend to open every specimen

3. the let’s-go-to-Mass-together-on-Sunday voice

4. it turned out that he was absolutely right

5. his real name was stranger

6. I must admit I can understand her position

7. On the way he thought suddenly of his son

FIGMENT: The Art of Subtraction

I’m flattered that FIGMENT—a free, inclusive, participatory arts event that is held in multiple cities and which drawing tens of thousands of participants each year—has published an article about my project contribution in Oakland in Fall 2015. Here’s a few other favorite photos from “The Art of Subtraction.” I had a great interview with Adelia Gregory, wrote the piece.