Untitled (Foreigners)

My work explores invasive species, their environmental impacts, metaphorical applications, and links to humanity, globalization, and empire. Shipboard rats are famous examples, but many were introduced intentionally: the European rabbit, scattered by the Ancient Romans to feed traveling troops, or the broadleaf plantain, a medicinal plant referred to as 'white man's foot' by indigenous Americans. Due to our globalizing world, a new collective of globally distributed species is emerging, creating what some ecologists call a second Pangea. –Artist statement