A person from the gas utility came to our house today to paint the meter. I asked to take pictures, explaining about my art-fascination with infrastructure. He was just performing a simple act of maintenance, but, to me, it was rich with potential meaning, since that meter is what physically connects all those environmental/energy headlines and issues through underground gas lines, to the inside of our house to provide heat and hot water for warm showers and clean dishes.The meter has been featured in two of my artists books in the past. It is both subject matter for my work and part of the story of our home and our place in the world.
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| Page spread from "Dig," 2010, Full Spring Studio |
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