“Our greatest masquerade is that we believe we do not depend on the soil, water and air; that somehow we exist out of Wal-Mart’s. It is a great naiveté that technology, or perhaps even civilization, has convinced us that we are separate from nature. The need to understand American culture and politics and explain the histories behind the myths about nature and social norms that are integral to environmental concerns motivate my art making. The nature I have grown up in is contrived, polluted, mutated, and is usually experienced through and by boundaries. I want to explore nature in a myriad of ways that may not be natural at all. By creating an inverted forest and tending to a field of dandelions the fantasies of these installations may not be far fetched. I continue to explore the imposition of my hand, as a creator and an American consumer, and how I can influence the world around me. With the multiplicity of hands, minds, and ideas the consequence of our actions is hard to predict. These routes and paths are created or chosen, whether deliberately abrupt or at the disposal of the winds, eventually intersections will occur and it is ultimately these moments of collision that I am fascinated with.” Desiree Moore