Mysteries of the Hogback presents research and collection done by the artist while playing the naturalist on a prairie near Steuben, WI while an artist in residence at ACRE. The project utilizes the visual language of a natural history museum with the goal of exploring the possibilities and difficulties of portraying a place’s botanical, biological, geological and historical realities using this form of display. How can one delve deeper to describe not just the physical characteristics of a place, but also its change, both natural and manmade, in order to acknowledge its present state?

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Mysteries of the Hogback  (installation view)

Mysteries of the Hogback (installation view)

Mystereis of the Hogback,  installation view

Mystereis of the Hogback, installation view

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43°21’N 90°87’W, Hogback Prairie

Spring water collected at source near Hogback Prairie, soil collected at Hogback Prairie, limestone collected at quarry near Hogback Prairie, acrylic boxes

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Hogback Prairie Diorama with Exposed Geologies

Mixed media, glass display case, speaker with sound recorded on Hogback Prairie

Hogback Prairie Diorama with Exposed Geologies (detail)

Hogback Prairie Diorama with Exposed Geologies (detail)

Hogback Prairie Diorama with Exposed Geologies (detail)

Hogback Prairie Diorama with Exposed Geologies (detail)

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Reproduction of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Land Donation Document

Silkscreen on paper

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Hogback Rock Collection

Limestone and sandstone collected at Hogback Prairie, mohair, display box, text

Hogback Rock Collection (detail)

Hogback Rock Collection (detail)

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Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) and Regal Fritillary (Speveria idalia) (top)

Gouache on paper

 Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta) (bottom)

Gouache on paper

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Reproduction of Plate XLVII, Ancient Works,  Township 5, Range 7, east from 'The Antiquities of Wisconsin as described by I.A. Lapham,' 1855 (left)

Silkscreen on paper

 Reproduction of Plate XLII, Group of Mounds, Township 8, Range 4, east from 'The Antiquities of Wisconsin as described by I.A. Lapham,' 1855 (right)

Silkscreen on paper

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Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

Artificial plant replica, mixed media, limestone collected at quarry near Hogback Prairie

 

Mysteries of the Hogback (installation view)

Mysteries of the Hogback (installation view)

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