Charleston Community Project
A three month residency in a local community in Charleston, South Carolina in 2016. Within this community each family unit operates alongside one another: a connected body. They live transparently, with an open door policy, sharing their deepest concerns and suffering, letting the messiness of their lives be seen clearly. I collected stories from each family, narrating their understanding and experience of ‘community’
The residency bore a published ‘Charleston Community Cookbook’ which collated collected recipes, stories, interviews, photographs and drawings. I also fabricated a quilt from a piece of clothing from each individual in the community showing their ‘sewn together interconnectedness’. Both of these works were gifted to the community.
‘Charleston Community Cookbook’ which collated collected recipes, stories, interviews, photographs and drawings. Gifted to the community.
A quilt made from a piece of clothing from each individual in the community showing their ‘sewn together interconnectedness’. Gifted to the community.
A series of art lessons I taught for some of the home schooled children.