2020- ongoing

Kudzilla is the eco-cultural id of the kudzu vine. It is the botanical-evangelical legend writ large, a mythic projection of our minds in vegetal form. This project attempts to construct a fast-forwarded time-lapse of kudzu as hyperobject. It is the primary indicator species of the sub-tropical disturbiome.

They say you can watch kudzu grow. Uncontrolled growth rates scare people, raising their amygdala fear centers. We associate uncontrolled growth with cancer, crowding, invasive plants and rampant pollution. By association, kudzu becomes the font of some of the most malignant myths that plague our home-grown landscapes. In the U.S., we fed it our disturbed soils and it became Kudzilla, the ethno-botanical-evangelical-myth.

-Spring 2025-St. Louis Airport (Kling Gallery)

-Fall 2024- Field Guide (St. Louis, MO, Intersects Arts)

-Fall 2023- Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh, NC

-Spring 2023- Bus stops in Miami for Miami Art Week w/ SAS

Large-format prints available upon request.

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