sporebox

The sporebox is a portable art piece. It was the beginning of my interest in performing art work. Because the sporebox is so small when it is closed I can easily carry it around with me in my messenger bag. For a couple months, right after I finished it, I carried it around with me and anytime I saw a place that looked interesting I would pull out sporebox and let it bloom and wither. In this shot I am in a gutted room in a building on Pratt Institutes campus. This particular time I had someone with me to take shots. Most of these performances I did not have anyone with me so many of these performances are just a memory to me and the people who were there to see them. I find this the most interesting part of the sporozoan performances. They are serendipitous experiences for viewers. And because no one knows when or where they might happen the viewers are random, usually people who would not normally go to galleries, look at my work or anyone else’s. My favorite place to perform sporebox was on the F train in NYC. On the train sporebox was able to tell its story many times in one evening as I would ride from station to station performing the bloom and wither.

Art should be part of our daily lives.