Mountain is a Mountain

Mountain is a Mountain: Holographic Mountain, 2018
Installation view, The Box at the Wexner Center for the Arts, 2024

Mountain is a Mountain: Holographic Mountain, 2018
Single Channel HD Video with Sound, iPad.
approximate TRT 3:10

Mountain is a Mountain: Please Enjoy..., 2017
Single Two Electrolux mini-fridges, clear bottles with “moonshine” and “water” labels, clear liquid, sign
26 x 30 x 72 inches

Mountain is a Mountain: Same Rock, 2018
Single channel HD video with sound projected onto rock, TRT approximately 10:00 minutes

Blank Topographies, 2017 - 2018 (Installation view, Actual Size Gallery, 2017)

129 million, from the series Blank Topographies, 2017
Preformed resin map, paint
20 x 32 inches

Mountain is a Mountain: Holographic Mountain , 2018 Single Channel HD Video with Sound, iPad. approximate TRT 3:10

The sculptures and videos in Mountain is a Mountain are based on a “little Switzerland” in Appalachia, founded on the promise of its similarity to the Alps, and explore myths of universality, aesthetic deception, and the politics and economics of mountains. Positioned at the entry to the installation, the sculpture Please Enjoy... offers "moonshine" or spring "water." Same Rock layers audio descriptions of what a mountain looks like with a projection of the two mountain ranges on a severed rock, negotiating experience, language, and geography. Holographic Mountain embodies the language of design innovation, proposing to remedy mountaintop removal mining by projecting holographic Swiss Alps on sites where Appalachian peaks have been leveled.