This series of multi-media installations uses video, sculpture, and textile to consider the myths of men we identify as being good at being outside. Wearing homemade camouflage suits, collaborator Katie Hargrave and I traipse through locations associated with figures such as John Audubon, William Bartram, and John Muir, filming our own attempts at bushcraft. Culminating in a series of episodic installations, the work creates an audition tape for the History Channel's reality survivalist television show Alone​.

This project is documented in the book Bad Outdoorsmen, available from Workshop Arts.

The Trailer

Debuting at Grizzly Grizzly in Philadelphia, this textile and video introduces our cinematic universe. Read more about the work in Brittany Clottey's essay.

North Florida

In this episode, we visit sites where John Audubon and Billy Bartram traveled in the 18th and 19th centuries, and consider their failures in the outdoors with those of the contemporary bushmen of Alone. This work was created while at a residency at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, and debuted there in the winter of 2025. Read more about this work in Marcus Civin's essay for Prospect.

Ruffner Mountain

In this episode, we traveled to Birmingham to visit Ruffner Mountain, an urban nature preserve with extensive trails. We showed this work at Ruffner Mountain and The Old Bailey Gallery in an exhibition organized by Vinegar Projects.