Carrying Clouds
Photographs of a site responsive performance
Whales Beach, Swampscott, MA
March, 2021
Plaster, cheese cloth, silver leaf, myla
Where the sky meets the ocean, and ocean meets the land, is a space of constant miraculous phenomena. The push and pull of air, water and earth is dynamic and rhythmic. There is a feeling of sameness and consistency, but really every second is different and is never repeated. Though this is obviously true in all ways in all spaces, here the starkness and rhythmic cycles are laid bare by the timing of the tides, color changes in the sky and water, and having your body at the edge. Your body becomes the fire on earth, kin to the bright stars and burning sun. At the meeting place of elements your breath transforms into the clouds above.