Peter and I met at Indiana University as MFA students in sculpture in 2010. We both wore Iron Maiden t-shirts on our first day. It was very much like the scene in Step Brothers,  when John C Riley and Will Farell’s characters meet for the first time. We quickly became friends and have continued to influence and encourage each other ever since. When the theme  of the upcoming Faculty  Exhibition of “Mentorship” was proposed the first person I called was Peter. Though he and I have never thought of each other as anything other than equals, our collaborative relationship has mentored us both for over a decade, to challenge and inspire one another to live an “Artful Life.”

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We decided a tower would be the perfectly arrogant symbol of power. From religious bell towers, to prison watch towers, we see towers as tools of subjugation. The Tower of Babel particularly stood out to us, as a symbol of the hubris of both God and Man. The structure we constructed was decayed and laying on its side, representing the emasculation of a domineering institution.

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