Squeeze: Illustrates the rapidly rising cost of living in our region through a site-specific performance and series of temporary artworks. It began with 18 sculptural price tags of varying oversized scales installed by a two-person crew throughout Downtown Bellevue the Bellevue Art Museum, Compass Plaza, Downtown Park, and City Hall. Each price tag was mounted via a steel cable by the artist /worker, directed by a busy man in a nice suit. They "acquired" a variety of public services and amenities and quickly began escalating the prices, doubling each time until selling off the asset.
Bison Stack Crane: Ties the mass slaughter of the bison, and systematic removal of native peoples from their lands to current continuing trends of rapid redevelopment and displacement of people and animals in many of America's major urban centers. The imagery adds layers of meaning to an unattributed photograph from the mid-1870s, where two settlers are shown atop and before a mountain of bison skulls. In Bison Stack Crane, the men are removed and replaced by a more contemporary symbol of irresponsible development and displacement; the tower crane