The Lottery of Dirt, 2015 - 2016
Title inspired The Lottery of Birth, 2012 Documentary Film
During the month of June in 2015 I stayed at Can Serrat, an artist residency in El Bruc, Catalonia, Spain. My installation at Mote Gallery is a materialization of that journey. Much of the time I spent wandering around the vast Montserrat Mountain and valley, collecting thoughts and contemplating remains. My installation at Mote Gallery addresses the heartaches of unjust acts, which have accrued histories of violence embedded in our land. During my time there I learned of brutalities that mangled the country, while many atrocities were happening here in the US.
The Lottery of Dirt, 2015 - 2016 Downtown Columbus Ohio window installation, dirt, rock, tape, detritus from walks around Montserrat Mountain and studio remains, deconstructed chair, canvas, paper, paint, photograph, deconstructed white picket fence wood, rope 7' x 8' x 3 1/2'
The Lottery of Dirt, 2015 - 2016 Downtown Columbus Ohio window installation, dirt, rock, tape, detritus from walks around Montserrat Mountain and studio remains, deconstructed chair, canvas, paper, paint, photograph, deconstructed white picket fence wood, rope 7' x 8' x 3 1/2'
This installation is dedicated to my friend Harri Refugi Agulles and his family who greatly suffered through the Franco reign during the Spanish Civil War and to the lives lost during the devastating mass shooting that took 9 innocent lives on June 17, 2015 at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina: Cynthia Marie Grahm Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lee Lance, Depayne Middleton-Doctor, Clementa C. Pinckney, Tywanza Sanders, Daniel Simmons, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, and Myra Thompson.