The Uncertainty of If
Is there another way to solve bad communications?
Detail of the Cities and Oceans of If project, 24”x24” print on paper 2000
The sitting President of the United States recently stated about the current war in Iran, “...some people will die.” Indeed. When you reach an extreme of inability to communicate between systems, war inevitably means some people will die. It may be worth considering why we reach those extremes.
In 1990, two things happened that changed the course of my life and both were about extremes. First, on the basis of a dream and an intuition, I began Ghost Nets on Vinalhaven Island, Maine, which committed me to a site far from the pivotal New York artworld I was familiar with. …