Sympoiesis, 2019

Multimedia installation at Harwood Art Center Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.

Shelves made from: white oak, black walnut, maple, worm oak, ponderosa pine, poplar; indigo paper pulp pots planted with Milkweed, Pleurotus ostreatus & Ganoderma Lucidum mycelium pots planted with Marigold, copper cups containing infinity, vials containing morning wind collected from Mardi Himal (Himalayas), Himalayan snow, Rio Grande soil, Rio Grande River water, north wind from New Mexico, jars with willow clippings.

Handmade paper (thai kozo) with native New Mexico wildflower seeds with hand-embroidery placed on soil in pine box; seeds will sprouted over the course of the month and paper planted after the exhibition

Sympoiesis considers ways in which different organisms and species come together in a process of living and making. Through their interactions, meaning is co-created. Inspired by the writing of Dona Haraway, Bryson and Hollis created an exhibition where diverse media and species coalesce to create a symbiotic system to discuss restorative potentials. Together, Kaitlin Bryson and Hollis Moore, investigate ecosystems of both the Middle Rio Grande in New Mexico and the Danda River in Nepal and present their observations and notations.

This exhibition was inspired by time that Bryson and Moore spent in Nepal working with Pratiman-Neema Memorial College in Siddharthanagar, Nepal. Throughout a six-week period Bryson and Moore worked with faculty and students on multiple projects that engaged with remediation of the sacred Danda River and empowerment through citizen-science.

Sympoiesis exhibition was supported in part by the Burning Man Global Arts Grant