October 2011 I ventured back to New Orleans for a month to work on my own project at the lovely artist run space, Parse Gallery. I was hosted by some of the most incredible people on the planet, Margot, Andrew and Ricky :). During my month stay I worked on a few drawings but more importantly added to and installed an exterior version of Stripped Opacity Construction Playground in a very site appropriate location in the enchanting urban ruins of the Parse Gallery courtyard. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect spot. The piece was also part of an exhibition called Between the Tracks which, was a branch of the satellite shows for New Orleans city wide biennial, Prospect 2.

Only days after I graduated from Tulane I started on another Swoon project constructing and installing Thalassa with the dearest Callie Curry, Taylor Shepard and Christian Rappel at the New Orleans Museum of Art. We worked for several weeks at NOMAs off site warehouse constructing the piece and then spent a week on site completing installation. The piece got a great mention in Inhabitat for its eco centered themes and dedication to "New Orleans and it's deep connection to the sea", especially only months after the BP oil spill disaster. Here's an amazing video that my friends Andrew Larimar, Britt King and Scott Campbell made of the process. The first two photos are courtesy of NOMA.

 
October 2010, I helped construct the roof for this beautiful collaborative project between Callie Curry, better known as Swoon and New Orleans Airlift. It's roughly a quarter scale model for Dithyrambalina, an architectural project where instruments for whimsical music merriment are built as permanent parts of the structure. Learn more here.