Heidi Bender Kauffman

Waters of Contention, Detail

Waters of Contention, detail of installation

Conversations in florigraphy

These images were part of an email thread between Heidi Bender (left image) and Margarita Vasquez Cardenas (right image) in 2014.

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Talking Petals Texting Station

This cart was the physical base for the Talking Petals Project. Participants could assemble a florigram, take a picture of it on the green screen, and send it to a recipient for decoding. Click the link below to read more about the project.

Life in Dublin

These images were digitally mailed messages between Margarita Vasquez Cardenas (center) and Heidi Bender (left and right) using florigraphy. This thread relates to Vasquez's relocation from Bogota, Columbia, to Dublin, Ireland.

Tarp Lake

This portable, multi-acre lake of billowing tarps was a collaboration with Marin Abel. Click on the link below for more information about the project.

Bitacora 9895

This map depicts the range of movement of the people I came in contact with on my 9895th day of life. Each day of the Bitacora project I would log my interactions and create a map in an attempt to better understand my sense of "patria."

The West Union Project

Still from a three- night projection series. Footage was site specific, shot over the exact location of the projection site. Daytime pedestrians were caught on the footage, joggers and stroller bearing couples. Their images were projected onto the bodies of those who travelled the same path, but for different purposes, at night.

Infinite Vista for Study Alcove

Enterruption Exercises

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Urban Napping

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