Resting Coastline was created through the process of evaporating water gathered from the rain collecting system pond it rests in. The evocation of resting together and collecting what is needed from a place of rest becomes visible throughout the water marks and inner-landscapes the pieces present. This pond was designed during a water sustainability course at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Holding 2,400 gallons of rain collected water; it presents the idea that water collecting systems are as valuable as solar power regarding sustainability and self-sufficiency. The act of gathering rain invites us to rest, to go inward, and understand the variations in levels of productivity and worth; rest as regeneration.
This piece forms part of a series of 7 works under the name of
LIQUID FLESH:
Water as a medium to explore what lies beneath the conscious mind.
Water as a mirror that shows us what we see and what we cannot see.
Water as DNA.
Liquid Flesh rests within the continuum of a visual language that captures the vibration and energy of water in motion. Reflecting as skin, capsules and markings, created by rain collecting systems and creeks, hosting queer memories of a shifting humanity. From live wakes to fresh spring sources and majestic sculpting in the earth, the series moves us through cycles of life and death.
When water is alive and wet, it moves in a language of its own. Ink allows the memory of the imprint and frequency of this dance to be captured. Reverberating through it’s liquidity, conjuring our own fluid essence, this work is influenced by shifting psychosomatic and energetic states.
I work with water, ink and yupo paper. My process consists of sourcing site specific water and using the ink to imprint the vibration and energy of water as it evaporates on the paper. Different choreographies are used during the process of evaporation, shifting forms and embracing a fluid essence.
