I TOOK A 100 EMPTY BURLAP SACKS AROUND NEBRASKA CITY
As installed in Nebraska City, October 2006
Burlap is often used to make packaging as sacks and bags to ship goods like potatoes, corn, coffee, flour, beans, and even money. When I think about agriculture, land and crops I think about food, life, money and burlap sacks.

I placed a 100 burlap sacks around Nebraska City. I applied several layers of glue on the sacks and sculpt them with my hands to create open containers. When dry, the sacks seemed filled up even though they were empty. The sacks were displayed in eight public locations and one private farm.Placed at the shore by the Missouri River the sacks became exciting vessels filled with a spirit of adventure; On the stairs of the 1868 building of Farmers Bank they contained golden coins; By the corn fields they held the crop of a long working day in the sun; By the farm of Cathy and Jerry Smith they became a food source for the cattle; and by MRB Lewis and Clark Visitor Center they were ready to be placed inside the boat to sail in search of exotic lands.

In this project objects and landscapes are conceived of both as discrete and stable things and as dynamic entities. The photos and the video, documenting the project, portray an environment where everything affects the significance of everything else, while elements, concepts and functions are constantly in flux.