Growing up along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Lake Providence, Louisiana has led me to draw inspiration from the batture, the fluctuating space of loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel between the low-tide of the Mississippi River and the levee. For me, this fluctuating liminal space represents the plasticity of our environment as well as a complicated relationship between humanity and nature. My work features photos of levees and other water management structures to begin to imagine a world in the batture and open up space for imaging new possibilities for living with nature in the future.
  I choose images from my archive of original photographs and family photo albums to sew compositions of snapshots that traverse time and space. I reveal the tactility and physicality of the photos by backing them with fabric batting and letting them hang so their edges bend and curl. I crop photographs by drawing with my sewing machine using a variety of stitches that both fortify and decorate the object. The repetition of the stitch and the irregularity of the edges of the collages create both rhythm and interference, like a DJ scratching a record.
  My installations are multisensory experiences that feature sound sculptures. These objects are embedded with speakers that play a combination of original recordings, found sounds, and music. I use sounds that connect to the body and stimulate memory. I am invested in using these relationships to sound and music as a catalyst for changing perceptions of the built environment.