Angles of Suspension

Angles of Suspension

Bee shadow on rose

Fall 2020

We cannot let pollinators become shadows. Shadows are ephemeral, they come and go with the sun and clouds, with dawn and dusk. Without light they cannot exist. Pollinators need proper habitat to survive, and like shadows, are dynamic and alive but face a temporary existence as we push their survival boundaries to the limit with urban expansion, land clearing, and consumptive habits. Here, photographed shadows are a suspension of time, an attempt at the preservation of pollinator populations by capturing an ephemeral moment.

Angles of Entanglement

Angles of Entanglement

Shadows on natural materials

Summer-Fall 2020

This collection of photographs demonstrates the fragility of life and ecosystem balances in the ephemerality of dancing shadows. In merging the human and non-human it blurs the boundary we have created between human and non-human life, creating an invitation to see the ways in which humans and non-human life are similar: we share in knowledge and molecular composition, and see refuge in natural spaces. In thinking about human- pollinator interactions, natural spaces are refuges for pollinators and for us; we intersect in many ways including in our food source where we rely on pollinators for a majority of our crops.

I. Erase

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I. Erase

Poem with bee diagram

Summer-Fall 2020

Habitat loss, disease, and climate change are all major, human-induced problems currently plaguing pollinator populations. This poem highlights our role as erasers of habitat and contributors to climate change and what this means for pollinators and for ourselves in terms of ecosystem balance and food security. The linkage between scientific diagram and poetry was inspired by Monica Ong’s book Silent Anatomies and connects abstract ideas of environmental destruction to more tangible ideas of bodily disappearance.

(this climate)

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(this climate)

Poem based on monarch data

Summer-Fall 2020

Buried underneath scientific jargon, crucial information about the state of our environment is often lost to the public. This poem and graphic hopes to give new life to scientific data about monarch decline in a collaboration between science and the arts and demonstrate the plight of monarchs in the face of climate change.