‘Controlling Chaos’, 2023

The snail divines.

It begins within the centre and tunes into the energy of the universe. It then begins its slow journey to choose an object. The card read is based on the object chosen and tells a fortune (albeit an obscure one).  During the reading, the person who wants their fortune told must whisper their question. As we all know, snail diviners (like Mother Nature herself) are attuned to the smallest of vibrations and will use this to choose the object.

This piece is a combination of intention object, faux historical artifact, irony, divination and fake narrative. 

Created as a direct response to my life; in a time of utter chaos and no control. Dealing with a benign brain tumor diagnosis and the side effect of infertility as well as adjusting physically to the medication used to shrink it, my life felt like it was no longer my own. In a bid to regain some semblance of control, I turned to my snail diviners and this board was the result.

You can view the video performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPN9z_393xA

My newest creation has taken some time. This is actually the third iteration of the board. This final iteration was a collaboration with my husbands’ brain which is far more literal and logical than mine. The board is ceramic – a beautiful, dark and gritty clay that reminds me so of childhood days spent digging in the mud to find natures treasures.