Most Recent

Norwegian Wood Exhibition at Patrick Mikhail Gallery

Patrick Mikhail Gallery will present Norwegian Wood beginning Wednesday, April 3rd – Saturday, May 11th, 2013. Vernissage Friday, April 5th 5-9pm. The exhibition will feature the Norwegian Wood Drawings, the Harmonograph Drawings and the yet-to-be-completed Vase Recordings. The exhibition is open to the public. Please see the Patrick Mikhail Gallery website for gallery hours.
More info
Harmonograph Drawing 1

Harmonograph Drawings, 2012

I’ve built a harmonograph in my studio. Popular in the 1920-30s as a parlour activity, these devices generate spirograph-like drawings by using inertia and entropy. A drawing plane sits atop a universal motion gimbal, which has been set in motion and very slowly loses its energy.  A pen rests on top of the plane and...
More info
Norwegian Wood Drawings: Revolution 9

Norwegian Wood Drawings, 2012

The Norwegian Wood drawings will be exhibited at the Patrick Mikhail Gallery in Ottawa in April 2013. The vinyl record album is a remarkably unevolved technology. Edison’s first sound recording in 1877 was created by drawing a needle across the surface of a rotating wax cylinder. By focusing the sound waves upon the needle, the...
More info