CLAY PRACTICE

2023 - present

clay practice (2024-2025) is an iterative body of research physically connecting with rocks and clay to explore embodiments of deep time, earth, and what we build together through touch perception. As a research practice, I move and sound with a pile of raw clay to discover memories, potential futures, and imaginary dimensions fossilized in our bodies and in the clay-earth. As a group performance, audiences are invited to play with the clay as performers improvise and transmogrify each other into earth-creatures, then let those structures crumble and evolve.

clay practice also extends into a set of ceramic living objects meant to be touched and worn, including spine-fountain (2024), a percussive necklace or thong-leotard, and ceramic exoskeleton (2024), a topographically textured seven-piece vest. When touched or worn, these objects guide a dance shaped by their weight, form, and sound, centering touch as a primary mode of perception. These sculptures were exhibited in a durational, evolving installation where performers worked with clay and ceramic objects while self-audio describing their experiences. Visitors witnessed, wandered, touched the objects, and even napped.
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CLAY FACE
video with sound, Philadelphia, 2024.