2019 - 15’X 13’X13’ - artificial tree trunk, steel, motor, tack hammer, wire, extension cord – The tack hammer is automated by the slowly revolving motor allowing it to tap the tree lightly, the slight vibration animates the branches.
A video documentation of both artworks in exhibition produce by my son Cole Rietenbach.
2019 - 15’X12’X2” - photo prints, hot glue, thread - Google searched, screen shot, print, cut into individual heads, a curtain made of the people that work for weapons manufacturing companies worldwide.
2019/2020 – 9’X9’ - photo prints - This more densely populated collection is made up of the heads of US weapons manufacturer employees.
2020 – 84”X168”X2” - Photocopy, chalk paint, thread – My first attempt at describing the Universe using five pointed stars as positive and negative.
