The pearl metastasizes as a means of protection. Irritants carried by saltwater are now carried by gloved hand, laid on tongue and made to glitter, we choose these spaces where beauty occupies. We find new ways to crystallize what is harmful and beloved. The evidence of our lives outlasts us, the presence of our childhoods exist in plastic which withers endlessly yet refuses to disappear. we grow so quickly and hold old gifts in new hands on the turning of the months. The pearl forms on microscopic levels and becomes visible to us as a gift of the light where no harm enters.
︎Welcome ︎︎︎
We seek to embody the four tenants of Care as described by Joan Tronto:
Responsibility ︎ Competence︎Attentiveness︎Responsiveness
“Caring is by its very nature a challenge to the notion that individuals are entirely autonomous and self supporting.”
-Joan Tronto
We view the pearl as a role model to rethink our relationships with that which seeks to harm us.
The immortality of plastic is a largely invisible plight in countries like the USA that have the privilege of exporting their masses of post-consumer waste to countries in the global south.
We position this “invisible plight” as a hypervisible aspect of daily life by acknowledging plastic's physical impact while embracing its emotional place in our lives, families, and homes.
The immortality of plastic is a largely invisible plight in countries like the USA that have the privilege of exporting their masses of post-consumer waste to countries in the global south.
We position this “invisible plight” as a hypervisible aspect of daily life by acknowledging plastic's physical impact while embracing its emotional place in our lives, families, and homes.
