(2018)

Organic linen and raw silk naturally dyed with indigo, madder, anatto, cochineal, rabbit brush, Pleurotus ostreatus.

(dimensions variable)

This work translates to “Remembering Old Futures” and was made for Los Ranchos de Guapamacátaro in Michoacán, Mexico in collaboration with Pleurotus ostreatus. This work was installed at the base of an inefficient septic tank which was leaking harmful toxins into the ground and nearby field. It was the dream of the community to populate the field with sheep, an old and forgotten tradition in the village. As the pressures of economy through commercial cattle farming increased in the area, the tradition of grazing sheep had been lost. The increase of monoculture and cattle farming have turned many fields in the village fallow. The imagery on the remediation pillow portrays a field of sheep. In this image, the ground is healthy, and the soil ecology has been restored. In a community performance, this piece was carried to the septic tank site and installed on location with wishes of abundance spoken in both English and Spanish.