“provision[ing]- 1. the act of providing or supplying food or the like. 2. provisions, a supply of food. 3. an arrangement beforehand that provides for or against something.” – Random House Dictionary of the English Language In the broadest terms I am interested in creating solutions for Potential Inevitabilities that I may be forced to deal with in my lifetime. I have divided my explorations into four categories: informational, psychological, physical and technological. The Informational portion of the work involves relearning skills that have been become obsolete or relegated to hobby status in contemporary life. I am compiling a list of things I do not know how to do but should. The list includes skills: navigation, fire building, plant identification, gardening, hunting, fishing, trapping, negotiating, first aid, veterinary medicine, mandolin, felling trees, water acquisition, fighting, etc. The psychological aspect of this investigation deals with the mental effects of catastrophe through an investigation of the pressures of mass migrations, conquests, refugees, castaways and victims of economic collapse. This is an endeavor requiring investigation of both negative and positive conditions and their ramifications. What I am interested in is how psychological stability can be maintained after Potential Inevitability. The physical portion of this exploration investigates the necessary shift from a passive lifestyle to a highly participatory one. In the aftermath of Potential Inevitability many technological advances that helped to reduce the amount of physical exertion necessary in daily life will cease to operate or will only operate on a limited basis. The technological portion of my research focuses on systems, structures and devices designed to facilitate the necessities of sustaining life. Many are based on vernacular methods infused with contemporary innovations. The technological solutions that I am involved in include the creation of concealed dwellings, transportable dwellings, small scale water and food collection, transport and storage as well as methods of power generation and storage. The set of systems in this exhibition focus primarily on the Informational and Technological aspects of my investigation. They are designed to allow short term self-sufficiency in a familiar urban location in the aftermath of Potential Inevitability. Steve Jarvis is an Atlanta based artist who was born in 1967 in Keflavic Iceland. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Arizona and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Davis. His work deals with the creation of technologies for potential inevitabilities. He credits his artistic endeavors as much to his parents as to his education. He has had multiple solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally including a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson Arizona and a solo exhibition in the Saltworks Gallery project room, Atlanta Georgia. He has acted as a visiting artist at the University of Tucamon in San Miguel de Tucamon, Argentina and the Catholic University at Salta, Salta Argentina and most recently at the Casa De La Cultura, Alamos, Mexico.