Stones Standing
for Grief
The Pagan Celts communicated using Ogham, the earliest written Irish language. They inscribed the names of their loved ones on common standing stones freckled amidst the craggy landscape, a place both lush and bleak. These carved standing stones testified to the power of ritual. They evidenced wild and natural ceremonies: bare feet stomping the earth, bodies writhing in grief.
In this installation, the stones form constellations of grief, generating an electric energy in the spaces between them. These gaps hold energetic connections from one grief object to the next, suggesting that from within the grief, there is room for other types of energy— untold stories and wider truths unveiling a deeper capacity for hope, creation, and belonging.
2024; Installed at:
caves in Rosendale, NY.
/ field in Woodstock, NY.
caves in Rosendale, NY.
/ field in Woodstock, NY.