In Its Shadow

ENVIRONMENT
Joshua Treenial 2019: Paradise :: Parallax, Desert X Parallel Projects, JOSHUA TREE, CA  2019

In the High Desert, sensory inputs are honed, refined.  We are struck by the continually moving and extending deep shade cast by passing clouds, our own bodies and the gestural reach of the eponymous Joshua tree but we are drawn to the ubiquitous clonal Creosote (Larrea tridentata). The unassuming, powerful and enduring bush that spawns and cultivates communities over millennia. We have erected paeans to these ancient plants to celebrate their quiet persistence, to call attention to their unadorned beauty and to seek understanding of hidden connections and communication over time and space. 

This collaborative work celebrates the unspoken love and joy that is making and the bonds it can create and enforce - much like the enduring and sustaining bond the Creosote has secured with the elements.

In collaboration with Almond Zigmund