ceremony mandala series #2
rooted in the form of the truth mandala (stick, stone, dry leaves and empty vessel) and incorporating the wheel of the year, this piece reflects the physical evidence of the multiple crises faced by the community within the local social ecology over the past year: the fires of fall 2020 (represented by charcoal/biochar), the ice storm of winter 2021 (represented by wood chips – the product of many fallen tree limbs), the respiratory pandemic of spring 2020 (represented by dessicated leaves), and the social unrest (represented by stone / gravel reflecting our urban environment). the X shape can also be read as the “extinction rebellion” logo, reflecting the ecological moment that these crises are rooted in
being framed, the piece takes ecological materials, which are loose, living, changing, compostable, and places them in the context of art which we usually experience as fixed, ephemeral, memorial.
exhibitions:
salem art association’s “better together” community show, salem, OR july 2021
art center’s “what would nature do?” juried exhibition, corvallis, OR oct-nov 2021
big heart gathering, lyle, WA may 2024
