My outdoor exhibition Chairhenge (How to Sleep Through Falling Silences) will open this Saturday, December 4th at The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. The text of Steve Biko and other African poets will accompany the interactive art installation. Because of COVID regulations, we ask that you bring your own earphones for the audio experience.

I have collected found objects between Californian and New Mexican refuse centers and sculpted layers of traditional adobe and a turmeric patina. I am inviting the public to take a seat to listen to the Earth, ancestors, and poetry while being grounded in the land (traditional land of the Taos Pueblo).

The installation is in the front alfalfa field of the campus.

Saturday, December 4th, 1 pm – 3 pm. 218 Los Pandos Rd

For more information about the event, you can contact the Wurlitzer Foundation at (575) 758-2413

“What would change if we took seriously the consideration that the world is alive, that we derive our being from a never-static, ever-changing field of entanglements, and that we are not the center of the universe?” Dr. Bayo Akomolafe

The preamble of my Earthtalk journey. The intersection of installation and ritual. Listening to Earth, hearing the Ancestral, and connecting with the Femme Consciousness. We documented this performance on traditionally owned Pueblo land. Thank you @wurlitzerfoundation for providing me with the resources for creating this new body of work.

To be out in the sun, next to the Rio Grande river performing was a deep reminder that all are connected within creativity. This work is an obeisance to the Ancestral wisdom of the Mothers – her milk, her breasts, her nurture. Thank you to Leon Syfrit and Sarkis Gorial for documenting the ritual installation.

Helene Wurlitzer

I am looking forward to attending The Helene Wurlitzer Artists Residency in Taos, New Mexico in 2021. Peace, quiet, and a studio to focus on my work.

The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico (HWF) is a private, 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational and charitable organization committed to supporting the arts.

Founded in 1954, the HWF manages one of the oldest artist residency programs in the USA. The Foundation’s mission is to “Support the artist and the creative process” and serves as a haven for visual artists, literary artists and music composers.

The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation is located on fifteen acres in the heart of Taos, New Mexico, a multicultural community renowned for its popularity with artists.

When painter Agnes Martin turned up in Taos in the year 1947, she was living out of her car. The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico’s very first charitable grant was awarded 66 years ago to Martin, launching her career and culminating in Martin achieving world renown as one of the most heralded and influential Abstract Expressionist artists of the 20th century. Since then, the HWF has provided fellowships to thousands of artists from all over the world.

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