2022
Wood, Spring, Thread
6” x 4” x 2”
A prototype based on a collapsing or ‘drunken’ forest that results from quickly thawing permafrost in the arctic. The viewer’s actions causes the tree to collapse which returns to its normal state after when the pressure is released.
2020
Black Walnut
1’5” x 1” x 1”
Wood becomes a stone, the immaterial transforms into the physical
Static
2020
20’ x 25’ x 20’
Fiberglass, Foam, Steel
Life sized reproduction of a Honey Locust through photogrammetric rendering, cnc milling, and hand laid fiberglass finished with over 10 pounds of glitter.
Digital glitches are made physical as an investigation into evolution being based on things not going as planned.
Photogrammetry by Brian Matthew Hart
Digital parting and milling by Trever Nichols
2019
Level seeks to show this hidden story of water as it sits over 700 feet below the surface celebrating conservation with meditative spectacle. The exact story comes from a well operated by the Department of Natural Resources that monitors the water level of the Wonewoc-Eau Claire Aquifer in Savage Minnesota from 2012 to 2019. The well shows a very familiar story of the seasonal height of aquifers in regions that don’t take water form the Mississippi River. Since there is increase in water used during the summer months to irrigate lawns, the aquifer’s level dips down to be replenished in the winter months.
To tell this hidden story, the Level’s bell shaped fountain shrinks as the level of the aquifer dips and grows in size to celebrate the return of water to the well. Each hour in real time equals a year in the life of the well.
Aaron Dysart was a fiscal year 2019 recipient of an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund
2016
Wood, Aluminum Foil.
7' x 12' x 10'
Aluminum Foiled covered log from a tree lost to emerald ash borer on site for a production of King Lear at Josephine Sculpture Park
Photos by Cheryl Van Stockum
2015
Fiberglass, LED lights, Solar Panels
25' x 4' x 8'
Still is a translucent fiberglass casting of a rotting tree that lights up when it gets dark.
2015
Black Walnut, Polyester Auto-Body Filler, Auto Primer
38" x 10" x 8"
2015
Red Oak, Aluminum Foil
28" x 8" x 6"
2012
White Oak, Polyester Auto-Body Filler, Automotive Primer
14' x 6' x 14'
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
2012
Fiberglass
3' x 3' x 3' each
A mold was taken from a remote rock on buffs of the Root River in Southeastern Minnesota. The resulting castings were made sparkly for the city.
2013
Apple wood, Asphalt roofing, Brass nails.
3' x 7' x 3'
2011
Black Walnut, Wood Glue
3' x 5' x 3'
2011
Ash, Wood Glue
5' x 2' x 2'
2009
Black Walnut, Paint
21' x 18' x 16
