Being and Becoming (2021)
collaborative installation between self and earth

Press Release for Being and Becoming at Le Swamp (October 8-22, 2021):
Being and Becoming is a conversation between self and earth. Through the dialogue created by a collaborative installation, a physical call and response is taking place, offering a nod to an ancient language. This vernacular of the natural world can be seen in the shadows from Eastern Tennessee’s redbuds, witch hazel, white ash, dogwoods, and sugar maples and felt in the iron-rich Appalachian soil. By carefully disintegrating and repurposing technology, clay, paper, drawing, painting, and natural fibers, questions are posed about responsibility and mending relationships.

Investigating what is torn, broken, and dead, and then feverishly reshaping these materials is their alchemical method for transfiguration and a way to gather all of time together.

These natural objects are manifestations of a believed and beloved reality exploring the fascia between relationships and time. Their visual praxis is a way to comprehend what is remembered, forgotten, and misremembered. Transformative light and shapes in space connect moments and individuals through their storytelling while simultaneously evoking a sentiment of urgency that cannot be ignored.