Created at my time in residence at Art Farm in Marquette, Nebraska, this video uses natural landscape and human made landscape to explore different aspects of my own identity and how they influence past, present and future parts of my life. Art Farm has been in existence since the 90s and before that it was a home to many generations of the Daley family. There is no trash collection in Marquette and thus what cannot be burned is often left to decompose thus becoming part of the iconic midwestern landscape. Rust is everywhere; on old abandoned cars, cans, tractors, spare nails, screws, washers, screens… everywhere. Rust is an extremely transferable material and by adding a little bit of vinegar and water to it you can cause it to transfer on a different surface creating a mono print.

This video uses rust as a way to create flags representing different aspects of my own identity. By using materials laden with physical history, this transfer method highlights that our future is really built in conjunction with the past.