I was thinking about the inevitable relationship between creation and destruction and the concept of a buoy as a marker of some unseen significance. Often, we are left with these markers for things we will never be able to fully grasp due to their invisibility. Truly, what is seen, lives. This piece is proof of existence of something washed away by time. It marks a place and a history that lies underneath the surface — a history that is echoed among trees in a language we have forgotten how to speak

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Buoy I directly references the construction of the Martin Dam and the creation of Lake Martin. While this process of creation granted power to so much of Alabama and created public spaces, it also destroyed communities and displaced hundreds of residents. These lives have become forgotten, and while Buoy I cannot bring them into conversation, it can act as a gravestone to their impact. 

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As time passes, these forms are shaped by their environment and shape it in return. These images show the how the pieces changes over the course of 3 months. Buoy I is the first of a series that I will continue to explore forgotten pasts.