2019

Wood, LED lights, black paint, natural elements including soil, rocks, wood, moss, acorns, pine cones, leaves, branches and more.

A walk through the forest is a sensorial experience, and it's what has inspired the creation of this piece. The Sensory box was part of a site specific installation, an interactive piece with the purpose of raising environmental awareness. The viewer was expected to follow the steps for a visual and tactile experience. The black box seemed to disappear against the black walls. The attention is first driven to the wall, above the box, where a black and white map of the Marsh Island is connected with red strings to glass sample jars. The jar setting relates to a museum setting, the precious artifacts in this case are natural elements collected along the trail. Marsh Island is situated in Penobscot sacred land and this project recognizes that knowledge as a first step to respect the history of a place.