Future Of Future, See You There: Making History at the Corner, Inspired by the Whitman Walker HIV oral history. Installation View, 2020, Washington, DC, USA
Video, Seedbed, Growing lamp, soil, seeds, Sculpture, Drawing, Neon, Photo, Size Variable
I became drawn to the garden as a vital symbol in the work of Derek Jarman. I found a powerful affinity between Jarman’s gardens and my work with seeds my mother sent from home to me in exile. Each seed is the moment of life, the sole carrier of the future, and the moment of death. I believe is planted, the future is somehow activated. How I can turn the seedbed into a canvas? Seed is the care. Seeds are the diverse expression of life itself, ever hopeful, renewing, and sustaining. My seed story is my way home. It's my memory capsule. It's my forgotten memories. It's my ancestors' memories. Sprouting is the beginning, a growing center, putting roots into the hard soil and breaking through. There is longing everywhere. The seedbed a transitional space, acts as an intermediate space between internal and external. Self and other. There is a lot of pressure to grow. Everything is oscillating and vibrating. Even self-conscious
My focus on growth and regeneration means each of my works often refers back to previous works, carrying elements and concerns forward in new directions. Here, I planted the seeds from the performance at Palais de Tokyo and made a neon light from 2 deers.