Vivarium is a 10’ x 6’ 10-panel photographic installation modeled after a natural history diorama. Using a 4” x 5” view camera, the same cornered set piece is repeatedly photographed in different dressings to create the semblance of one continuous room. Filled with fingernail clippings, used condoms, books, and food scraps, the premise of Vivarium is to think of the home as both a place you never leave and are always under observation.
Vivarium (detail)
Vivarium (installation view)