Marking Here(s)
Marking Here(s)
2020-ongoing
Socially engaged mail weaving art project, mixed media, dimensions variable
Marking Here(s) is a series of engagements in which I invite participants to reflect on the notion of "Here" from various perspectives—personal, sociocultural, geographical, or political. Participants receive a mail packet containing simple craft materials, instructions on gathering personal materials for weavings, and a postcard with some poetic invitations. They are encouraged to slow down and attune their attention towards their inner world and their immediate surroundings by
creating a simple ritual that they carry out for a week. A week later, we gather to meditate, share, and weave. I guide the participants through a series of creative exercises to mark their own idiosyncratic Here(s) and gain a deeper awareness of own internal landscapes and our various shared realities. We reflect on the implications of our personal and collective Here(s) intertwining and colliding by creating experimental weavings using ephemera important to us and our narratives. Final weavings are shared with me via mail and transformed into an object relevant to the group that I worked with. Some of these final works have included a quilt, prayer flags, and a zine.
I created this project during the height of the global Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. Workshops were initially conducted virtually through 2021 but have also taken place in person since 2022. I regularly hold these workshops with various communities, and cultural and academic groups. If you are interested in inviting me to work with your group, please contact me.