brookes britcher /// artist


The terrible fate of a rocket (Bound) (2011)
March 3, 2011, 11:31 pm
Filed under: Installations

Expired Douglas Fir, 1984 RCA television, paint, video, antique wood panel, plastic hydrangea, MDF



Safety Blanket (2011)
March 1, 2011, 10:17 pm
Filed under: Installations

PVC, Snow Fencing

7′ x 6′ x 4′



Pine Box Derby (A Debt Relief) (2009-Present)
November 27, 2010, 10:18 pm
Filed under: Installations, Objects

Pine Box Derby (A Debt Relief) is an ongoing construction/reconstruction/reconfiguration process involving various cardboards, styrofoam, duct tape, house paint, bowed consumer-grade wood and natural time.

Upon satisfaction of this assembly process the resulting object will be publicly ignited as a “pyre” – as a constructed act of forgiveness and reconciliation for complex memories, difficult experiences, perceived shortcomings, personal wrongs, doubts and “demons” (adolescent and adult applicable).



Before (2005-07) (Revisited) (2010)
November 27, 2010, 12:04 am
Filed under: Installations

Paper, post-its, text, light bulb, extension cord

77 in x 110 in x 60 in



Nest (Belly) (2010)
November 18, 2010, 11:25 pm
Filed under: Installations, Objects


Extension cord, twist-ties, light bulb, paint, birdhouse

80″ x 45″ x 12″



Go (2010)
November 9, 2010, 12:43 am
Filed under: Photography

Archival ink-jet print (Edition of 5)



Augmentation #2 (2010)
November 4, 2010, 11:16 pm
Filed under: Installations

Tree branch, wood, wire



Augmentation #3 (2010)
November 4, 2010, 11:14 pm
Filed under: Installations

Napkins, peeled vinyl, discarded resin



The Bather (The Polaroid) (2010)
November 4, 2010, 11:10 pm
Filed under: Objects

Duct tape, ink, canvas

71″ x 31″



Chasing fireflies in smoke (Braddock, Pa) (2010)
October 31, 2010, 8:17 pm
Filed under: Installations

Extension cord, found wooden crate, duct tape, found brick, found glass jar, light bulb, found work lamp, found mirror

70″ x 48″ x 24″



Ember (The one that goes away) (2010)
October 20, 2010, 4:03 pm
Filed under: Installations

Duct tape, string, mounting tape

72″ x 65″ x 40″



Nettle (2010)
October 19, 2010, 11:17 pm
Filed under: Photography

Dimensions vary / Archival print (ed. 5)



Fortune (Ongoing)
August 29, 2010, 11:12 pm
Filed under: Objects

Select fortunes received and saved (2003-Present)



The Apple and the Tree (Revisited) (2010)
August 28, 2010, 12:23 am
Filed under: Installations

Wood, extension cord, light bulb, cardboard, paper, house paint, shredded paper, plastic cups, concrete, string

Dimensions vary



Hero(ine)
August 21, 2010, 6:04 am
Filed under: Photography

Dimensions vary / Archival print (ed. 5)



Type A (Looking for a shared God) (2010)
August 1, 2010, 3:30 am
Filed under: Photography

Dimensions vary / Archival print (ed.5)



New Mirror (Naming children) (2010)
June 13, 2010, 9:01 pm
Filed under: Installations, Objects

Duct tape, carpet tape, luminescent tape, yarn, trash bag, twine, wrapping paper, straws, twist-ties, sandwich bag, seashell, cactus flower, cardboard, found stretchers and frame, discovered interior painting

50 in x 85 in



Arachne (2010)
April 11, 2010, 8:12 pm
Filed under: Video

Stills from digital video

Duration: 7 min 30 sec



Vows (2010)
April 6, 2010, 4:13 am
Filed under: Photography

28″ x 20″ / Archival print (ed.5)



Surrender (2010)
April 6, 2010, 3:21 am
Filed under: Installations

Expired Douglas Fir tree, twist-ties, spray-paint, duct tape

Dimensions vary




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