2024

Installation 29 x 342 inches. Each drawing approx. 30 x 11 inches.

watercolour pencil on paper

Originally conceived of being a sound work, I started this project using a method I know well: drawing.

A nod to Richard Serra’s Verb List, exploring the idea of art making being performative. I compiled these lists of favorite words while reading the OED (pocket edition.) Most choices are personal and random. Words chosen for their sounds, and how they contrast with neighbouring words within each list. Several were chosen for their meanings or origins (French, Italian, Yiddish.) Also included are names, (first names of those dear to me.) I was drawn to this task for its absurdity. Absorbed by the folly in making collections of favorite words, in alphabetical order, for the sheer pleasure of it. The pleasure of distilling a large collection into a personal assemblage.

*The second iteration of this project will be Larousse, 2024; an installation of word lists compiled through the reading of Larousse, (2024 pocket edition.)

This work is in the Works on Paper section.