In the no man’s land between fictional archaeological inventory and autobiography, I’ve found terrain to map and mine both what’s present and visible in the desert landscape and, maybe more importantly, what isn’t.
This speculative groundwork supports other preoccupations: camouflage, punk merch, the infinite uses for a bandana/hanky, map legend poetics, excavation and survey patterns, color naming, place naming, suburban architecture, vestiges and artifacts, and the meaningful human activity that transforms a place into a site. Larsen will be in the John F. Lott Gallery from November 1 through December 28, 2024.
