"Let's talk of a system that transforms all the social organisms into a work of art, in which the entire process of work is included." - Joseph Beuys

With this project, which I call the “Carbon Sink Art Exploration and Experimentation Project,” I will be exploring, working with, and accessing similarities, contradictions, ethics, specific material qualities, and family traditions. I will be experimenting with organic materials that can be composted and that can hold many forms, purposes, and functions. At the same time, I will be mitigating environmental degradation. By experimentally making charcoal with the remains of consumed foods – coffee, avocado pits and skins, and eggshells for example – I will search and play with the qualities of each substance to develop both mediums to work with and content for my artwork.