Project at Figment NY 2010:
The Oracle of Random Butterflies (ORB)

The Oracle of Random Butterflies (ORB) is a collaborative installation celebrating our ability to cull profound truths out of the media cacophony that surrounds us. Butterflies, symbols of transformation, are cut out of found newspaper pages. The prototype is the Zebra Long-Wing butterfly, found in both the U.S. and the Dominican Republic—a reference to the Mirabal sisters who fought Trujillo's dictatorship in the D.R. and whose code names were "The Butterflies." Visitors on Saturday, June 12, are invited to select a random butterfly, whose wings may contain answers of deep personal significance… or not. Personalize your unique butterfly using color pencils or markers; then add it to the community of butterflies gradually taking shape throughout the day. The completed installation will remain on view on Sunday, June 13, until 4:00, at which time it will be taken down, and the butterflies will be given away to people waiting for the ferries back to Manhattan.