ECONOMY is the first chapter of Walden by Henry David Thoreau projected onto a wall or screen, one word at a time, each word fading into the next. The text is stored on computer and the work has a total running time of 37 hours and 53 minutes.
The EVERYONE PROJECTIONS attempt to show the name of each person an individual met in their lifetime. Each name fades slowly up from black, pauses for a moment, and fades down to black. The text is stored on computer and projected in a lit room.
The CARDS are a series of unlimited editions, free to take away from plastic holders. They show quotations from the writings of other artists.
The STUDIO PAINTINGS show the address at which an artist or writer worked.
They are an ongoing series, begun in 1994.
The POSTERS show texts taken from the writings of other artists. The Hans Christian Andersen posters refer to his fear of being buried alive, a fear that meant he left a note by his bedside that said 'I only appear to be dead'.
The STATEMENT PAINTINGS show texts taken from the writings of other artists.
The ISLAND PAINTINGS show the names of fictional islands. Despair is the name Robinson Crusoe gave to the island on which he was shipwrecked.
The four panels of MONT SAINTE-VICTOIRE list all the titles given to Cézannes paintings of the mountain.
The eight large panels of CIRCUMNAVIGATION list each place Charles Darwin's ship The Beagle stopped on his journey round the world. The Sandwalk is a single small painting that shows the name of the circular path that he obsessively walked around in his garden at home.