Overview

Overview

The word “delayering” first emerged from the radio one week after the first plane shot past my Soho studio. The term struck me as the perfect description of how the Twin Towers disappeared.

Months later, a New York City firefighter described having heard a clicking or popping sound, possibly the sound of each floor snapping free from its vertical supports. The cascading mass increased with each floor crashing onto the one below. The structures delayered.

Many 9/11 stories relate to grief, bravery, or conspiracy. Delayering follows a different path, capturing the evolving quotidian aftermath of that day. The events are not interpreted; they are noticed and shared from the vantage point of each recorded day.

My early training as a cabinetmaker and sculptor gives  me a tactile understanding of materials and design, informing what I notice. As an architectural conservator, I am frequently called on to collect and record information for the largest museums in the United States.

An independent history, recorded in real time, provides a unique value in the present and over time.   

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