Like all living things, humans are shackled by our senses. Evolution has crafted us into beings adept in methods of survival and gifted us with awareness calibrated for a terrestrial existence. Curiosity and intelligence, two aspects of our nature that have served our species well, perpetuate something evolution did not intend: knowledge of realms outside our existence. Awareness of the universe and its exotic conventions are not necessary for evolution's prime directive, yet by accident we find ourselves able not just to ask questions about our place, but to also answer them and revel in the climax of understanding. We go beyond ourselves and our humble home in search of truths we are not meant to know. It is this feature of our species which I am most moved by, and what compels me to celebrate the bittersweet wonder of a knowledge not yet realized.

Dark Matter is inspired by a scientific concept of the same name, a form of matter that cannot be directly detected, yet boasts dramatic influence seen at the largest scale in the form of gravity. By exposing iron filings to an invisible magnetic field, the work imagines dark matter particles and their interactions with normal matter through gravity, as seen from a higher dimension, or bulk, in which both are visible. The resulting forms are dynamic, abstract sculptures that celebrate the wonders of the known and unknowable forms of nature.

Medium format digital photographs printed at 12x15".