Calmer Now; Wings Soar, Stems Grow (2023)
Installation, ceramic, performance
GAAT Gallery, Lisbonne, Portugal

Hold
Materials: Clay from plaster moulds, endemic plants from Sintra
Dimensions: Variable

Blessing
Materials: Canvas, silk, chicken foot, needle, thread
Dimensions: Variable

Untitled Objects
Materials: Shells, hemp fibre, sardine spine, wild oregano, squash, 
candle, If I Were a Fish (poem on paper) 

I invited Zarya Austin-Fell to collaborate on this exhibition, merging our practices across installation, performance, image, and music. Conceived through a residency-like approach, the project evolved in dialogue with Lisbon’s atmospheric landscapes, surrounding wilderness, and lingering melancholy.

We spent a week in the village of Almoçageme casting our bodies to mold clay vessels, which we filled with foraged plants and remnants of our meals. These materials reflected environmental fragility and transformed the gallery into a domestic, lived-in space—a physical diary of our time in Sintra. The exhibition was activated by a concert and remained on view for several weeks, foregrounding the passage of time through the traces left behind.

Photography: Pedro Covas