Razed Bed (Transitional Cultures 3)
April 2020
wood, paint, ebony pencil, soil, plants, paper
Raised bed made from reclaimed material from previous performance work.
This raised bed is part of the Transitional Cultures Series. This series examines thoughts and memories spanning 2012-2020.
This piece came up organically since I have been meaning to build more raised beds and draw more. As I was constructing the bed I got the urge to draw on it. Not surprisingly I guess since I have been working on framing a lot of my drawings. The frame just so happened to be made first in this piece.
Due to the Covid-19 situation this build had a different energy to it. I have had to be more resourceful due to lack of accessibility. The material for the raised bed came from a piece I used in a performance a few years back. I was happy to make a work from this material. It will not just lay in the archives collecting dust but will provide a positive in the space it holds.
Like many I have had a lot on my mind concerning our health, our response and our lasting memory due to Covid-19. I do see this situation we are in as a continuation of a course we charted a while ago. I feel like this is a crucial time to act and decide how we wish to continue this new space we have built.
Just as we are told to sit tight and wait, there are many things changing quickly and long lasting. Somehow we must find a way to continue our dialog and our activism. Somehow we must find connection at a distance.
This was the original form of the material uses. A sound chamber use in “A Rosie Smell, Still Turns My Nose if Grown with Distaste” 2016
Projection Mapping by Wes Johanson.