Caiti Sullivan artworks

There is an intangible relationship between humans and the landscapes around us. Like us, land is a site of production as well as an entity that can have powers of ownership and creation. In my work I investigate what it means to produce, use, claim, and own through sites that I find and create. Sometimes, my work is my action: I perform domestic human rituals of burial, baptism, and production in physical places like fields, kitchens, and forests. I also create sculptural sites from tools, furniture, clothing, earth elements, and light to merge human and natural landscapes. I spend a lot of time observing landscapes and photographing where they have (or haven’t) interacted with human constructions. My actions, documents, and constructions explore the significance of production and ownership. I wonder, what power is gained through the control of an entity that can produce, sustain, and claim life itself?

link to PDF of Caiti Sullivan's Document Book (complete Fall semester writings and research)