She Inhabits It

She Inhabits It (2006). Walnuts, wire, handmade paper, rope, reclaimed lumber, violin strings, tacks, buried treasure, sewing kit, typewriter. 1 hr 30 min; 2:55 min clip. [Art Farm, Marquette, NE]

Upon arrival, audience members received treasure maps of paper formed in a wheelbarrow, dyed with walnuts picked off the land, baked twice, letterpressed, mapped, and waxed with local beeswax. The performer created safe spaces through nesting methods: winding thread, resonating a forgotten hayloft, testing floorboard stability, typing and lowering notes, and getting tangled in her own web. Below, treasure was buried with handmade charcoal and covered with violin strings tacked onto a barn door.

Blurb: How one person creates a safe space, through sound, text, thread, stability tests, and buried treasure. All in consort with the natural world that has already inhabited the same space.

Performed at Art Harvest, Art Farm, Nebraska, 2006. Cameras: Ed Dadey, Chela Fielding. Editor: Cindy Lee.
© 2006

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