point of entry 2023

Exhibited at San Francisco Arts Commission and Galleries. 'Transcending Physicality: The Essence of Place' curated by Minoosh Zomorodinia.

repurposed steel tri-cone drill bit, sheetrock, wood, acrylic, 2023,
72”x 96”x 45”

ink on Kitakata paper, 2020, 17.5” x 21.5”

UV-cured inkjet print on foraged Pleistocene clay, 12" x 8.5" x 1/4"

point of entry repositions a tool of extraction within the language of reverence and display. A tricone drill bit—an instrument used to fracture the earth’s surface in pursuit of oil, gas, and water—is presented atop a three-tiered plinth, nested within a bright red corridor. The corridor’s narrow width allows only a single viewer to pass through at a time, heightening the intimacy and intensity of the encounter. Referencing museological and devotional display strategies, the work elevates the industrial object into a site of contemplation, urging reflection on the violence embedded in its utility.
Mounted on the exterior of the left wall is a framed etching depicting the Caspian Sea, a region known for its contested oil and gas reserves. The print reimagines an official map of the sea’s maritime boundaries—shared by Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran. In this altered rendering, national borders have been removed; instead, the territorial demarcations appear as fine, stitch-like marks across the surface of the water, transforming geopolitical control into a metaphor for incision, wound, or repair.
Opposite, on the right exterior wall, a bisque-fired clay slab supports a print of a plastic jug—both the clay and the debris were gathered from the same site along the shores of Outer Cape Cod. The juxtaposition of fired earth and petroleum-based waste speaks to layered temporalities and entangled ecologies, where ancient geologic processes collide with the material residue of contemporary consumption.
Together, the elements of point of entry form a spatial and symbolic choreography—a corridor of extraction, division, and reflection—inviting the viewer to consider the intertwined forces of resource exploitation, geopolitical power, and environmental fragility.