The tape hovers over the rotted out stump of a cut old growth redwood. The performance starts with my emergence out of this stump. I begin by tying the flagging tape around my waist. It is a bright florescent pink tape. The tape stands in contrast to the dark and lush greenery of the forest. It is a tape used by surveyors and forestry personnel to mark trails as well as trees to be removed. It is human made, plastic and pliable, able to be stretched, and even torn. It tethers me to my surroundings. I begin to wrap the tape around the trees, creating a web, between the branches and myself. I walk around the rotted out parent tree cautiously, connecting the new growth. I am only focused on this task of wrapping, not paying attention to my body. I see these lines as a three-dimensional drawing. *Trees from this area were harvested after the San Francisco Earthquake in 1906 to help rebuild the city.

Attachment I: Drawing Performance near Purisma Creek Redwood Open Space Preserve.

2015

500 Feet of pink flagging tape.

Attachment III: Drawing performance near Moss Beach, CA. 250 Feet of orange flagging tape. 2015.

Attachment IV: Drawing performance near Salt Point State Park. 500 Feet of orange and pink flagging tape. 2015.

Attachment V: Drawing performance in Toiyabe National Forest. Video Still. 500 feet of orange flagging tape.2015 — Attachment V: Drawing performance in Toiyabe National Forest. Video Still. 500 feet of orange flagging tape.
2015