Conceptual piece driven specifically for the Women’s Caucus for Art jury call. Loved seeing it in the Gallery. Paired nicely with a sculpture below it.

DATUM DRIFT I - 2026

Datum Drift I explores the shifting threshold between land and water—an ecological & institutional boundary where systems of control begin to loosen.  

Atlas fragments, survey references and archival papers form a compressed terrain on the landward side, suggesting histories of mapping, ownership, and measured ground. At the center, exposed roots rupture the book spine, a literal hinge between systems that cross the boundary and move into a looser field of layered blue papers.

The work is an ecological condition and political metaphor. Maps and ledgers attempt to stabilize land through measurement and record.  The orange mark functions as a datum point or wound within the mapped terrain. This landscape cannot be fully held, it's allowed to drift and cross the rupture, emphasizing a moment where fixed systems give way to movement and ecological uncertainty.