Cathedral

Cathedral is a series of documented interventions in the natural world that explore the junction point between what is precious, what is ordinary and what is considered sacred in our modern human life. Using the tools of the craftsmen of the renaissance; gold leaf, silver leaf, semi precious stones in new and unexpected ways, Cathedral opens up a dialog on these reference points of value and beauty.

A large boulder sitting on the threshold of the sea is hand covered in milk and sugar, then gold leaf, and then photographed. This ordinary boulder, sitting among many for millions of years, now with this small act is declared, rare, unique and somehow holy for the short period of time, usually less than a day, that it exists in this exalted state. A stand of Aspen trees, in a forgotten meadow high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico, is transformed from unnoticed random trees to an altarpiece. A stretch of wind swept rock or fallen tree trunk is covered in diamond like crystals. The crack of a volcanic rock in the Sonoran desert glows from within. They sit as they are found. Nothing special. Nothing moved or arranged.

These acts bring up classic questions; Can something exist without being perceived? If a tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound? If no one is around to see, hear, touch or smell the tree, how could it be said to exist? What creates a sacred place?