Twice : Migration
The installation, Twice : Migration, refers to the phenomenon of groups of birds moving as one in flight and to various scientific and literary descriptions of the biannual movement of birds in migration. The work is made up of hundreds of cut, folded, and glued white paper birds that are attached to the gallery wall in a variety of ways to create the illusion of movement with the addition of light and shadow. The felt birds are embroidered with words taken from a chapter on these movements in Arthur J. Thompson's The Biology of Birds published in 1923. It has been shown in various configurations at the following museums and art centers:
Installation in the exhibition This Earth: Notes and Observations by Montello Foundation Artists at SUMA, 2021
Installation at the High Desert Museum, Bend, OR as part of the exhibition Animal Journeys: Navigating in Nature, 2019
Installation at Boise Art Museum Boise, ID June-October 2010
Installation at Schuykill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA December 2009-April 2010
Installation at Friesen Galleries, NNU, Nampa, ID January/February 2009