It Comes In Waves (ongoing)
Cotton, foraged dyestuffs, aluminum, wind.
It Comes In Waves is an amorphous installation of a number of windsocks that explores the phenomena of wind and the subject of grief. Constructed with fabric and dyed with carefully foraged plants that are native to the areas that the windsocks are placed, the windsocks activate each site they inhabit. Swiveling to follow the wind, and elongating or collapsing with it, the windsocks tell stories of the day. The site-reactive nature of this work is something I continue to explore as a way to access the viewer’s time and consideration. As humanity lives through one of the most incredible extinction events, it is becoming increasingly difficult to think through and feel the reality of what is happening. In It Comes In Waves, the interactions between the windsocks and non-humans in the area have sparked intense moments of reflection and wonder with human observers, and I think that type of experience is integral to initiating important human/non-human relations.