Entrance to the Women's Restroom 
Detail of the Men's Restroom Fin-wall
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Pictograms Jacksonville International Airport The entryways to a pair of restrooms in the new Concourse C were commissioned by the airport and completed in 2008. The one-foot tiles feature 68 unique pictograms. The public was introduced to the now ubiquitous pictograms of men and women in 1974 as a means of efficient standardized restroom signage. For years I have made wax-oil rubbings or taken photographs of these pictograms. Through my travels, I have documented a wide range of imagery of gendered figures. Even the most standard pictograms vary in their width, cut of the arms, broadness of the shoulders, and distance or connectivity of the head to the body. At facilities that employ a greater sense of design, highly stylized pictograms reflect a much greater range in variations of body types, shapes, proportions, and activities. When the images of the respective figures are shown collectively, their typological differences become apparent, even amusing. The pictograms used as a source for this installation come from Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Syria, and the United States. |
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Latitudes and Legends Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Along the perimeter walls of a 20,000 square-foot space in the north end of the International Concourse (Gates E-33 - E-36), a series of ceramic sculptures encompass the world. Literally. Comprised of three distinct components, one of the installations reduces a view of the world while another enlarges tiny details found on various maps. |
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LATITUDES Latitudes (above and left), an 86-foot-long ceramic tile installation, forms a narrow map of the world between the 30th and 35th parallels, roughly Georgia's north and south borders. Representing approximately 330 miles (north to south) and 22,000 miles (east to west), Atlanta appears twice, at either end of the map. Libya, Iran, Nepal, South Korea, and Mexico are some of the 27 countries found in between.
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LATITUDINAL CITIES Adjacent to Latitudes is a collection of ceramic tablets depicting 18 major cities located along the same narrow band of the world. Entitled Latitudinal Cities the heavily textured maps include such urban centers as Jerusalem, Baghdad, Kabul, Shanghai, Kyoto, and Los Angeles. |
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LEGENDS Located across the concourse, Legends is comprised of 64 sculptures derived from map symbols. Referencing national maps (India, Syria, China, United States, etc.) of various uses (aeronautical charts, ordinance surveys, etc), an assortment of symbols were extracted, enlarged, embellished and rendered three-dimensionally. By removing the symbols from their context, my intent was to shift the shapes from miniature, benign marks to totems and icons with ambiguous meanings. The symbols represent a range of natural and manmade structures found on maps including different types of roads, water features, aerial obstructions, and places of worship. |
Birmingham Barns Fulton County Fire Station # 18, Alpharetta, Georgia Three miniature barn-like structures with open steel frames with ceramic tile roofs that include photo-based imagery and text relating to the history of the rural site. |
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