Victory Gardening (2011)

A site-specific work created for Governors Island, a former military fortress that has changed hands among nations over the centuries. As a pathetic political gesture, I circled the perimeter of the island for 3 days, endlessly declaring VICTORY in an evaporating medium. The rolling drum left a repeating trail of text, stenciled in water on the pavement for the public, which evaporated slowly under the sun.

Still photograph from action on Governors Island. Photographer, Meredith Jenks.

Victory Gardening was produced during an invitational residency at The Wassaic Project, and made possible with the gracious assistance of Francis Rabkin, Janine Iversen, Gina Siepel and Meredith Jenks.