N E S T I N G | Artist

N E S T I N G, 2021

Created from scavenged materials, such as branches, recycled bandages, damaged USB cables, the nest is both an interactivactive sculpture and a DIY shrine. The audience is invited to take home one of the letters with nest-making instructions from the sculpture. The piece is a solar punk experiment, a futuring technology. It’s a reflection on world making as homemaking, as well as on the practices of belonging and magic involved in this process.

Exhibited at the launch of 'Regeneration [and its Discontents]', in Vilnius, Lithuania. The piece is a response to Jay Springett's article on the solar punk movement.

Instructions for nest making:

Expand and compress your lungs: a moving pomp for myth creation. Gather the following materials: tape, branches, recycled trash & paper, rope, thread, and anything else you would find around.
Slide your palms across your heart space. Your pulse, the background drum rhythm to the future peoples. Play a song or an album that makes you feel like home. Start experimenting and creating your nest. Failure is the most fun part of play.
Your body is your first container. Your sense of self: floating in this fleshy, rebellious nest. Add something personal: like a piece of hair, your breath, a body liquid.
Wiggle your fingers like they’re a compass sensing your private sense of north. When you feel ready, find a special place for your nest.
Feel your guts intertwining your nervous system. Feel your nervous system wired to the sun. Take a piece of paper. Reflect on what you want to bring or create into your own or your community’s life. Write in present tense, as you deepen your intimacy to the future. Time is another nest, made of the pleasure-power of blooming.

6. In the tangled splendour of the present, we belong. Take a few deep breaths. Place your wish into the nest. Surrender it to life’s forces. Give it time to sprout.