Flo McGarrell will illustrate his year-long experience developing a sustainable life specific to living in Roswell, through sculptural experiments and systems that encompass scavenging, gardening, greywatering, composting, cooking and preserving—all of which are “open sourced” as online and offline recipes. McGarrell’s previous body of work consists of architecturally scaled inflatable sculptures including “Tri:Torii” a virtual reality theater for cats. For the past two years McGarrell temporarily switched focus from sculpture to art directing an independent film, “Maggots and Men,” a historical narrative of the Krondstat rebellion in 1920s Russia. Links and examples of the work can be seen at www.gowithflo.net.

McGarrell received an MA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and enjoys teaching in many locales, most recently in Jacmel, Haiti.