Escape is a series of home-made safety gear made from ubiquitous and re-purposed materials. Jackets velcro together to form personal living spaces that inflate from suitcases. Training videos, manuals, and posters prepare users for emergency situations. Protection as metaphor against experiences for which we are not yet prepared and thus threaten to leave us emotionally scarred.
2004-2011

Heaven Gallery: Chicago, IL.
Museum of Contemporary Art: Chicago, IL.
Soap Factory: Minneapolis, MN.
Triangle Project Space: San Antonio, TX.
Kunstraum Walcheturm: Zurich, Switzerland.
Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, University City Science Center: Philadelphia, PA.
National Gallery in Prague: Prague, Czech Republic.
Troy Art Center: Troy, NY.

Artifact:

A catalog in the form of 16 die cut cards, printed front and back with images of ESCAPE performances, diagrams, and an essay by Julie Rodrigues-Widholm from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. It comes in a screenprinted, handmade tyvek and felt cover. Please contact me for purchase.

Press:

Chicago Tribune
Art Papers
UR Chicago for Escape and the one for Re-Entry
New City Chicago
Non-Starving Artist
City Pages, Minneapolis

So Many Thanks:

Julie Rodrigues-Widholm, Lynne Warren, Dave Dobie, Daniel Martin, Hyunch Sung, George Monteleone, Alexander Stewart, Malian Lahey, Peter Miller, Matthew Teti, Josh Rosenstock, Sarah Phillips, the MCA Chicago, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, and Red Egg Design.