Found Aloud

Words overheard and recorded for contemplation and inspiration.

This project began as a pursuit of photography but quickly found a new home with Art-O-Mat. 

phrases are found and placed on collaged blocks that are then dispensed as art pieces in repurposed cigarette vending machines. Art-O-Mat blocks are available all around the world. 

Below are selections from batches of blocks.

BATCH #1

The first batch of Art-O-Mat blocks [50 blocks] uses phrases I gathered over a period of months. I chose fifteen phrases for this batch and repeated them throughout the collection. 

Locations

Old  NO. 77 Hotel - New Orleans, LA

Camino Bakery - Winston-Salem, NC

Red Dog Gallery - Winston-Salem, NC

Cosmopolitan - Las Vegas, NV

BATCH #2

I enjoyed getting back into listening for this batch. I had already used up all my found phrases for Batch #1 and photographs, so I intentionally placed myself in spaces of listening and opened my ears to words. 

Locations

Rubinstein Arts Center at Duke University - Durham, NC

Meow Wolf - Santa Fe, NM

Slims Downtown - Raleigh, NC

A/perture Theatre - Winston-Salem, NC

Camino Bakery - Winston-Salem, NC

Batch #3

Batch #5

BATCH #4

For this batch, I focused on listening rather than gathering. There are less phrases in this batch, but I really enjoyed the process of finding them. 

locations

MFA Boston, MA

Rarebit / Charleston, SC

NCMA Raleigh, NC