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Jeremy K. Bullis
Beings: Air, Water, Soil
Jeremy K. Bullis
Beings: Air, Water, Soil
- Materials: Having participated in past Address:Earth exhibitions Bullis is committed to creating artwork with materials that do as little damage to the planet as possible. He will use repurposed materials (discarded fencing, irrigation piping, feeding troughs, tin sheeting, plastic storage drums, etc.) and newly purchased materials like organic cotton, copper, aluminum, twine, etc.
- Dimensions: Each mobile (3 total) will have a spherical 6 foot radius. Approximately 75-250 pounds, depending on the strength of the greenhouse frame.
- How it will hang: The mobiles will hang from the highest, center spine of the greenhouse frame from a cable or chain. A second cable or chain will hang from the bottom of the mobile and anchor it to the ground, allowing it to spin on its radius but not swing and sway in a way that could do damage to the greenhouse frame or visitors.
- Installation: The mobiles will be installed using a combination of ladders and scaffolding and/or a boom lift (cherry picker).
- Maintenance: None
For the Lyndhurst Greenhouse Frame Jeremy Bullis proposes to create 3 large scale mobiles which will take inspiration from the ground’s history with Master Gardener, Ferdinand Mangold and simultaneously highlight the environmental concerns being raised by Address: Earth. Bullis works at the biodynamic farm and nonprofit Churchtown Dairy where he has become increasingly aware of soil health, regenerative agriculture and medicinal gardening. With movement and sound created by the mobiles he will ask the viewer to consider their surroundings, the land, water and air, and what damage has been done to them by man and what we can do to reverse that harm. These hanging sculptures will use the language David L. Bullis (Jeremy’s father) created with his mobiles combined with the more fanciful mechanisms (distilleries, presses, drying apparatuses, etc.) used by herbalists and medicinal pharmacists for centuries.
Jeremy K. Bullis is a sculptor and world builder who uses wood, paper, wire, drawings, photos and writing to explore a number of ideas. He is currently focused on three distinct bodies of work. Foremost are “Towers,” which allows Bullis to question and examine the concepts of Fact, Faith, and Community. Secondly, he collaborates with his father, David L. Bullis, creating mobiles that equally present lines and negative space in motion. Finally, his ongoing project, the character based sculptures known as “The Peepkins,” has been produced by QCode Media as a scripted children’s podcast and is available everywhere. Bullis is based in Hudson, NY and is the founder and Artistic Director of Window On Hudson.