Seed Songs

“Glaciers sing. Blueberries listen. Bodies long to/for touch. How does the well-being of more-than-human beings directly reflect that of humans? How is personhood defined? What makes a body? A boundary? Who determines otherness? Guided by how alive I feel near berry patches and glaciers, this body of work is an invitation to consider multiple ways of knowing and being, a safe space to feel vulnerable and intimate with place through touch, sound, and language. This work is a community of stories and interconnections, voices drawn together to share nonnormative forms of care, knowing, and access.”

For an exhibition at Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer, Alaska, I made a piece titled “What do we owe each other?” as a series of questions in the form of small booklets. The booklets include imagery of glaciers and blueberry bushes with questions written in Braille. Some booklets also have the questions in ink or color pencil. My show, “for a moment, we exist together, for a moment” was made with accessibility in mind from the beginning of the process, and features many interactive works, pieces meant to be touched and listened to, as well as a reference library.