Between Heaven and Earth

Between Heaven and Earth. Media variable. 2013-2016.

Between Heaven and Earth utilizes a map inscribed in the body by loss to explore scale, memory, “being-in-time,” and the history of locomotion. Over the course of 19 days, Davis ran 509 miles from O’Hare International Airport to secluded parcel of land outside Pittsburgh, according to the trajectory of an airplane that crashed between those two points.

Untitled. Inkjet photograph (diptych). 14 x 8.5 inches. 2016.

Crater . Inkjet photograph in purple heartwood frame. 12 x 18 inches. In 2013, Davis visited the site upon which the plane struck the earth in 1994 and used the heat in his hands to melt the snow and expose the earth beneath.

Collision . Ink, iron deposit, found paper. 14.5 x 15.25 inches. 2015. This print is an action drawing made through a choreography for a falling object.

Arrival . Inkjet print in a walnut frame. 5 x 7 inches. 2015. This photographs shows Davis at the end of his 509 mile, 19 day journey, having arrived at the site of the plane’s crash.

Carcass . Bridgehampton, NY. iPhone photograph. 3 x 5 inches. 2014. While training throughout the city of Chicago and elsewhere to make a more than 500 mile passage across the American Midwest, Davis was making photographs connected to the psychosomatic reality of preparing for such an endeavor. This image and the following are part of a suite of 58 photographs.

Reason 4 Existence . Chicago, IL. iPhone photograph. 3 x 5 inches. 2014. While training throughout the city of Chicago and elsewhere to make a more than 500 mile passage across the American Midwest, Davis was making photographs connected to the psychosomatic reality of preparing for such an endeavor. This image and the following are part of a suite of 58 photographs.

Winter Grave . Brooklyn, NY. iPhone photograph. 3 x 5 inches. 2015. While training throughout the city of Chicago and elsewhere to make a more than 500 mile passage across the American Midwest, Davis was making photographs connected to the psychosomatic reality of preparing for such an endeavor. This image and the following are part of a suite of 58 photographs.

Untitled. Chicago, IL. iPhone photograph. 3 x 5 inches. 2015. While training throughout the city of Chicago and elsewhere to make a more than 500 mile passage across the American Midwest, Davis was making photographs connected to the psychosomatic reality of preparing for such an endeavor. This image and the following are part of a suite of 58 photographs.

Angel with Feet . Chicago, IL. iPhone photograph. 3 x 5 inches. 2015. While training throughout the city of Chicago and elsewhere to make a more than 500 mile passage across the American Midwest, Davis was making photographs connected to the psychosomatic reality of preparing for such an endeavor. This image and the following are part of a suite of 58 photographs.

Lung Print . Chicago, IL. iPhone photograph. 3 x 5 inches. 2015. While training throughout the city of Chicago and elsewhere to make a more than 500 mile passage across the American Midwest, Davis was making photographs connected to the psychosomatic reality of preparing for such an endeavor. This image and the following are part of a suite of 58 photographs.

Untitled. Brooklyn, NY. iPhone photograph. 3 x 5 inches. 2015. While training throughout the city of Chicago and elsewhere to make a more than 500 mile passage across the American Midwest, Davis was making photographs connected to the psychosomatic reality of preparing for such an endeavor. This image and the following are part of a suite of 58 photographs.

Freeze . Chicago, IL. iPhone photograph. 3 x 5 inches. 2015. While training throughout the city of Chicago and elsewhere to make a more than 500 mile passage across the American Midwest, Davis was making photographs connected to the psychosomatic reality of preparing for such an endeavor. This image and the following are part of a suite of 58 photographs.

Home . Chicago, IL. iPhone photograph. 3 x 5 inches. 2015. While training throughout the city of Chicago and elsewhere to make a more than 500 mile passage across the American Midwest, Davis was making photographs connected to the psychosomatic reality of preparing for such an endeavor. This image and the following are part of a suite of 58 photographs.

Untitled. Chicago, IL. iPhone photograph. 3 x 5 inches. 2015. While training throughout the city of Chicago and elsewhere to make a more than 500 mile passage across the American Midwest, Davis was making photographs connected to the psychosomatic reality of preparing for such an endeavor. This image and the following are part of a suite of 58 photographs.

Untitled. Bridgehampton, NY. iPhone photograph. 3 x 5 inches. 2015. While training throughout the city of Chicago and elsewhere to make a more than 500 mile passage across the American Midwest, Davis was making photographs connected to the psychosomatic reality of preparing for such an endeavor. This image and the following are part of a suite of 58 photographs.

Patience. Chicago, IL. iPhone photograph. 3 x 5 inches. 2015. While training throughout the city of Chicago and elsewhere to make a more than 500 mile passage across the American Midwest, Davis was making photographs connected to the psychosomatic reality of preparing for such an endeavor. This image and the previous 8 are part of a suite of 58 photographs.