This series of images features portraits of individuals, using site-specific detritus to explore people and events from the perspective of an archaeologist.

Using a set of random objects, painted in the same middle grey as the background. Michael enlisted a broad range of people to create a composition. The only instruction was to arrange the objects in an appealing order. In this study, we can observe a variety of thinking patterns.

These images are stills from a solo performance in which Michael created a physical abstract representation of the refinement process, exploring the relationship between conceptual and visual refinement. He used suspended stones in plastic, removing all unnecessary sections throughout the process. This method defines the relationship between structure and visual refinement. It pushes the materials to their breaking point while simultaneously distilling the composition to its purest form.

Here you see and experience the deceptive nature of observation. Michael uses basic visual processes of light, reflection, and projection to create non-existing spaces and dimensions.