In our time as an ocean I by Cyrah Dardas
Machine bound and hand topstitched with recycled cotton fabric, hand dyed with natural and mineral materials; indigo, marigold flower, oak galls and found aluminum. Grown, found and harvested in Detroit. Indigo sourced from North Carolina.
“One of a series of works made for the long memory project, an artist residency and living archive of stories of queer elders. This series is a reflection on queer people who carry and birth after I spent time with an elder who expressed her multifaceted identity as a birther, gardener, lesbian, artist and mother. It's also, of course, a reflection of my own experience; carrying this small oasis of salt water inside of me as baby grows. As I think of all the bodies of water holding seeds and living beings, feeding and nurturing them I am a gourd, a seed pod, a fruit, an ocean. Like the many facets and expressions of queerness, This experience is vast and delightfully undefinable.”
Created as part of the Long Memory Project, vol. 2
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About the artist:
Crah Dardas is a Queer, eco-romantic artist and care worker of the Persian diaspora living in Detroit /Waawiyaatanong, Anishinaabe territory. Dadas uses her art practice as a tool in remembering the lost relationships between humans and non-human beings by regulating and healing our collective nervous system and body to restore interdependency.
Cyrah's work is informed by their experiences in childcare, gardening, as a member of artist cooperatives and through their work with natural fibers, earth pigments, and botanical inks. Their practice is deeply rooted in ritualized art making, using the process as well as the work itself as a tool for grief composition, and collective healing.
Instagram: @cyrah_power
Machine bound and hand topstitched with recycled cotton fabric, hand dyed with natural and mineral materials; indigo, marigold flower, oak galls and found aluminum. Grown, found and harvested in Detroit. Indigo sourced from North Carolina.
“One of a series of works made for the long memory project, an artist residency and living archive of stories of queer elders. This series is a reflection on queer people who carry and birth after I spent time with an elder who expressed her multifaceted identity as a birther, gardener, lesbian, artist and mother. It's also, of course, a reflection of my own experience; carrying this small oasis of salt water inside of me as baby grows. As I think of all the bodies of water holding seeds and living beings, feeding and nurturing them I am a gourd, a seed pod, a fruit, an ocean. Like the many facets and expressions of queerness, This experience is vast and delightfully undefinable.”
Created as part of the Long Memory Project, vol. 2
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About the artist:
Crah Dardas is a Queer, eco-romantic artist and care worker of the Persian diaspora living in Detroit /Waawiyaatanong, Anishinaabe territory. Dadas uses her art practice as a tool in remembering the lost relationships between humans and non-human beings by regulating and healing our collective nervous system and body to restore interdependency.
Cyrah's work is informed by their experiences in childcare, gardening, as a member of artist cooperatives and through their work with natural fibers, earth pigments, and botanical inks. Their practice is deeply rooted in ritualized art making, using the process as well as the work itself as a tool for grief composition, and collective healing.
Instagram: @cyrah_power
Machine bound and hand topstitched with recycled cotton fabric, hand dyed with natural and mineral materials; indigo, marigold flower, oak galls and found aluminum. Grown, found and harvested in Detroit. Indigo sourced from North Carolina.
“One of a series of works made for the long memory project, an artist residency and living archive of stories of queer elders. This series is a reflection on queer people who carry and birth after I spent time with an elder who expressed her multifaceted identity as a birther, gardener, lesbian, artist and mother. It's also, of course, a reflection of my own experience; carrying this small oasis of salt water inside of me as baby grows. As I think of all the bodies of water holding seeds and living beings, feeding and nurturing them I am a gourd, a seed pod, a fruit, an ocean. Like the many facets and expressions of queerness, This experience is vast and delightfully undefinable.”
Created as part of the Long Memory Project, vol. 2
—
About the artist:
Crah Dardas is a Queer, eco-romantic artist and care worker of the Persian diaspora living in Detroit /Waawiyaatanong, Anishinaabe territory. Dadas uses her art practice as a tool in remembering the lost relationships between humans and non-human beings by regulating and healing our collective nervous system and body to restore interdependency.
Cyrah's work is informed by their experiences in childcare, gardening, as a member of artist cooperatives and through their work with natural fibers, earth pigments, and botanical inks. Their practice is deeply rooted in ritualized art making, using the process as well as the work itself as a tool for grief composition, and collective healing.
Instagram: @cyrah_power
