"For Following the North Star I embarked on several long, late night walks ranging from 4 to 8 hours following the North Star. When viewing conditions were limited, I used other more primitive navigational strategies - orienting myself from the direction of a hazy overcast sunset, finding moss on the north facing side of objects - to guide me on the path that this photographic project documents. During these walks I would truthfully follow a northern route by going through backyards, hopping the occasional fence, and discovering bridges to cross rivers. Included in this show is another photographic series of star traces, a performative attempt to preserve a brief moment in time with the historically and religiously charged celestial body. In these photographs- taken in increments of 35 paces- I shared a single breath with the North Star.
In brief, my dedicated movement and performative gestures counter-act the rigid urban logic of the city allowing for refreshing perspectives to cultivate. The possibilities opened by my psychogeographical journeys are of a spiritual discovery, an escape from the rules and regulations of places and objects, and a way to connect with an environment I often feel alienated from. Equally comforting and uprooting, the night sky dissolves into a dialect that directly engages the soul."
