PARA(SITE)DISE

PARA(SITE)DISE is an installation formed from cyanotype prints of weeds pulled out of my garden. It makes visible the labor required to maintain a kind of homeostasis and hold the weeds at bay. This labor maintains is a beautiful work, but ultimately can overtake and overshadow someone’s time and mental space—much like the labor of healing form illness. As the document this invisible labor of maintenance grows, it overtakes and overshadows its surroundings.

Para(site)dise, on view at EAT/ART space for the exhibit Within Normal Limits

Detail shots of the cyanotype prints and an larger installation view below.

This work was exhibited at EAT/ART space for the Tennessee Triennial — Within Normal Limits included a community panel discussion on illness.

View the exhibit and artist talk here.