Penetration is an installation which consists of a cardboard sculpture, series of photographs and possibly video. Penetration is still an on-going project. I assemble a cardboard sculpture at various locations, document both administrative and installation processes, and photograph the results. Locations have been a peaceful residential neighborhood in Vermont, Area 51, Nevada, a nuclear power plant, etc., and I am in the administrative processes with a public school, another nuclear power plant, one of Mormon temples, etc.

In this iteration of the project, I experienced a transition. This project was initially for embodying invisible power structures or support systems of location by placing my sculpture. While experiencing and documenting the processes which often incorporated human interactions, I started interested in how installation of my sculpture would trigger or even require human interactions which would be unique to the location, and probably reflecting its power structures and support systems as well. This project is still work-in-progress and this transition is very important for me. The last photo session of this iteration at St. Andrews Park in Oakland unfortunately ended with a violent robbery at gunpoint and I and my assistant lost our equipment. In my solo exhibition at Swarm gallery in December 2012, I included photographs which had survived and interviews of my assistants who had experienced the incident.

Special Thanks to:
Jose Arias, Mayumi Hamanaka, Eric Hoffman, Graham Holoch, Jesse Lovell, Lee Montgomery, Nancy Gail Ring, California College of the Arts, Center for Cultural Innovation, Millay Colony, Vermont Studio Center and many others