FAITH IN SEMBLANCE
For one of the pieces in Even a Worm Will Turn, I took 6 feet of white linen into the local forest. I dragged the fabric through the mud and grass, archived termite trails using leaves, and crushed berries into its wrinkles. I wore a white linen dress while “performing” Faith in Endurance to mirror the canvas that the landscape was painting. It didn’t get dirty enough that day, so I wore it the opening night of the Shed Show. I had decided the day of while finishing installation with curator, founder, and friend, Jillian Wendel that I wanted the viewers to throw dirt on me while I wore the dress. Those that threw the dirt came up to me after and told me that it was inspiring, inner-child healing, and liberating. Which in turn, me hearing that healed, inspired, and liberated me. The experience was simply jovial, and can be considered a rebellion against a certain typical convulted stoicism that patterns performance art as a whole.