copper-plate etchings on archival cotton rag paper in japanese bound book, drawing, polaroid photographs, bungee chords
9″ x 5.5″
trip flip combines photo etchings of exposed staircases with family images gathered during travel, including photographs of my young son and his drawings. The work brings together personal memory and observations of place. The large diagonals are staircase imagery originated from a hospital renovation in my neighborhood, where the removal of an exterior wall revealed the worn sides of long-hidden staircases. Marked by years of use, the structures became visual records of movement, time, and passage. Combined with photographs, these forms create connections between physical journeys and personal experiences. The book hangs low from the ceiling, positioned at approximately the height of a toddler, inviting viewers to physically shift their perspective while moving through the work – the experience of seeing the world through the eyes of a young child, when ordinary objects, spaces, and encounters can feel monumental, unfamiliar, and full of possibility.
