Duck, Swan, Goose: New Decoys, New Forms is a multifaceted installation that takes its cue from the work of John James Audubon as well as America’s dependence on plastics. Viewers can find three “flocks” of floating sculpture that have been generated from a fictional premise centered on birds biologically adapting to our polluted waterways. By combining hunting decoys with found objects, these forms suggest the bodily mutations of species that have resulted from plastic detritus found in the river. In this harrowing vision of the future, the American Swan has had its feathers replaced with plastic utensils, the Wood Duck travels in groups permanently conjoined by six-pack rings, and the Canada Goose has adapted to a life ensnared with twine and bottle caps.

Installed at Independence Seaport Museum, October 12 – December 7, 2019