Neuron.
a site specific installation and performance
Herman Keifer Hospital April 20th 2024
︎ Link to edited performance
I am in the trees. Nature holds memories.
the trees have seen more than i. They've watched the buildings go up, seen the people come and go, and watched as the building grew vacant. the fallen branches hold memories, they hire someone to pick up and dispose of the fallen branches. I want to give the fallen branches a new experience, I want to show them love and care, give them a spotlight of sorts. I want to connect myself to them, become the fallen branches. Fabricated together, sticks from the site as well as ones I've found through my own experiences. Suspended in mid air, the sticks begin to feel weightless, the fallen branches become a body, life-like. Nature and humans constantly mimic each other. Neurons found in the brain and nervous system, the cells responsible for receiving sensory input from the external world. Neurons are made up of three parts, dendrites, an axon, and the soma. These parts are represented as the branches, roots, and tree trunk.