I try to unveil or create something new at each party I host at my studio. On December 16, 2023, from 6pm until 11pm, every person who walked into the studio helped me create a new time-based party print.

I used gaffer tape to install 216 square feet / 20 square meters of white primed canvas diagonally through the space, creating the conditions that could organically bring a painting to life while removing myself from the role of the maker.

The stone dust imprinted on white primed canvas under people’s feet had similar textural mimicry to a grave rubbing. Spilled drinks and cookie crumbs were crushed into the surface. A toddler and her parents drew on the canvas with colorful paint markers. The work took on a mind of its own through the energy of the party.

The canvas became a 5-hour time-bound visual record of people, place, presence.

Five Hours in Dogpatch, 2023, primed white canvas, dust, acrylic paint, 36 ft x 6 ft