Imagine a World Without Winter

1996 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

Mixed media installation

Lying on a constructed bed in which the slats are stuffed with lavender (a soporific herb), one views four monitors, each with a different narrative:
1. a retelling the tale of Persephone and Demeter in which Persephone chooses to leave her mother
2. an image of a hand reaching fading to a foot descending
3. 15 healing plant recipes
4. a short story 'imagine a world without winter'.



carved and painted wood, embroidered cloths, iron transfers to silk, 6 oil pastel drawings on boards, 50 pounds of lavender, photographs, 4 videos, 4 monitors and decks.

area dimension: 12'x 12' x 30'; lower bed dimension: 16" x 56" x78"