Groundwater Permeability Network was a site-specific installation I created for the exhibition Common Ground, curated by Sarah Nelson Wright. The exhibition was located in the basement of a former hospital, and the space I worked in had been the shower room, so it was tiled floor to ceiling and included several floor drains, which I took advantage of. As described in the exhibition wall text:

Groundwater Permeability Network is a water distribution structure that echos the movement of the groundwater as it seeps through subterranean soil and rock. Samples collected from local bodies of water (English Kills and Newtown Creek) drip across a fabricated root system, providing viewers with the opportunity to contemplate water quality in a sculptural, tactile environment. Although our local groundwater system is not visible in our daily experience, it forms part of the massive Brooklyn-Queens aquifer and conveys both nutrients and contaminants through the soil beneath our feet.

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Above:
Groundwater Permeability Network (Newtown Creek/English Kills), 2010 (installation views)
mixed media (locally gathered branches, refuse, water & earth from Newtown Creek and surrounding environs)
dimensions variable (installation)

Below:
Hydrology Series (Ground Water Drawings 1-4), 2010
graphite, gouache and water (English Kills) on paper, plexi glass, beeswax
dimensions variable (5 x 5″ – 8 x 8″)