River of Spirit of Life (ice piece) I, Video-performance, 2004.

Two related video-performance works created in 2004 (Ice Piece I) and 2009 (Ice Piece II) on a small frozen waterfall and frozen river in NE Missouri respectively. Alluding to an experience of becoming, the edge of attainment and passing, the slow-moving figure in an environment of ice is a metaphor for this eternal cycle in human life and nature. Presented in video installations & single-channel screenings in festivals and exhibitions. Times variable from 5-16 min. SD video.

5 Minute excerpt from 16 minute film: https://vimeo.com/35997301?share=copy

"River of Spirit of Life (ice piece) I" is in the permanent collection of the Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland.

SCREENINGS & EXHIBITIONS:

• Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, “Video Exhibition – Water.” Group exhibition of video art works, Jemincheon Bridge Canal walkway, Gongju, South Korea. Screened Ice Piece II. 2016.
• Screening of Performance Art in the Natural Environment (SPANE) Group, curated. Artscape, Gibraltar Point, Toronto Islands, Canada. Screened Ice Piece I.  2012.
• On Becoming, 2-person art exhibition with Gillian Brown/Invited. Exhibited Ice Piece I and II as a part of a room-size video installation. UNI Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa. 2009.
• River of Spirit of Life, Solo video art exhibition with both versions of Ice Piece I and II alternating on a loop, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. 2009.
• On Becoming, 2-person exhibition with Gillian Brown). Catich Gallery, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa. Exhibited video installation with Ice Piece I and 2009.
• Primer Festival Internacional de Videoarte, Solo video installation in “Minimo Acceso” Exhibition, Galeria Julian Morales, Camaguëy, Cuba. (Ice Piece I was one of the works on loop in the installation.) 2008.
• River of Spirit of Life (ice piece) I, Solo video installation, Media Room, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri. 2008.
• Other/self, 2-person exhibition, w/ JJ Higgins. George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. Installation with both versions of “River of Spirit of Life.” 2008.
• 10^th Annual Film Festival, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, Michigan. Group/Invited art exhibition. Exhibited Ice Piece I and 2007.
• 60^th Juried Exhibition, Juried art exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa. Exhibited video installation: “River of Spirit of Life (Ice Piece) I”. Valerie C. Oliver, Houston Contemporary Museum of Art, Juror. 2006.
• Contemporary Women Artist Exhibition XIII, Juried, group art exhibition. Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri. Exhibited “Ice Piece I” in video installation. Judy Chicago, Juror. 2005.
• Northern Passages, 5-person exhibition/Invited. DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, Michigan. For FinnFest. “Ice Piece I” was exhibited as a sculptural room-size video installation. 2005.
• 3rd Biennial Film Competition. Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa. Screened “Ice Piece I.” Award: 3rd Place. 2005.
• Inside the Quiet Dwelling Where…, Solo art exhibition of photography and video installations including “Ice Piece I,” Gallery 51 East, Fairfield, Iowa. 2004.