A plant, a metal, a rock... To Be Still stages a dialogue between natural, non-human entities often perceived as still and unfeeling. Their apparent inertia, when presented as an installation, is juxtaposed with a flipbook depicting the activity and animation of these objects over time. In Making Kin in the Chthulucene (2016), Donna J. Haraway coins the term ‘Chthulucene’, referring to the entanglement of the stories and practices of all material actants, human and non-human. Within the Chthulucene, humans are no longer the sole protagonists; they, along with non-humans, are intertwined with and integral to the earth, where "the biotic and abiotic powers of this earth are the main story." Within this microcosm, we witness the interweaving stories of elements, minerals, and objects, independent yet inseparable from the human narrative.

Mixed media, inlc. kerchoveana plant, chalk, copper, muslin