Artist Statement
The landscape holds referents to the actions and happenings of the species that inhabit it. We make marks on the land with all of our actions. The way we take responsibility for those actions and movements will affect the way we shape the land. Exploration and documentation of these marks inform us of the land's current state.

Through the processing, and translation of data collected at each photographic site, a shape is derived. Global positioning satellites (GPS) and topographical mapping software are combined with visual and technical perception of the landscape. The resulting shapes depict the intersection of these data fields. Thus producing an abstract record of land, marks in and of their own.

The pairing of the image with its corresponding shape exposes a type of visual perception. The image is made in response to the place. The shape is made in response to the image. Nowhere-ness, destruction, and hope inform the choice to photograph a landscape. Cycles of production create by-products and waste, which are typically overlooked and neglected. These materials hold potential. Reused and considered as additive parts of the systems, they become important points in the creation of a new perspective. The shapes derived from these images are the culmination of multiple data fields. These fields include image, topographical maps, and GPS data.