DROUGHT RESISTANT, FIRE RESISTANT AND HABITAT PROVIDING, THE PONDEROSA PINE STANDS TALL. LIKE AN EVOLUTIONARY MARCH, ITS NEEDLES LINE UP SIDE BY SIDE AND SWAY TO REVEAL THE MOVEMENT OF THE WIND, AND THE CLIMATE OF OUR TIME. LOOKING TO THE PANDEMIC-INDUCED 2020’S AND ITS PARALLEL TO THE 1920’S REVEAL HOPE AND PROMISE FOR PROSPERITY. YET ECONOMIC BOOMS HAVE CASCADING COSTS - TO EARTH’S RESOURCES, CLIMATE AND MULTI-SPECIES COMMUNITIES. AS WE BUILD BACK, HOW COULD WE DELIBERATELY DESIGN OUR POST-PANDEMIC LEGACY TO DEFINE THE DECADE AHEAD? HOW MIGHT THIS TURBULENCE BRANCHED HIGH IN THE SKY HELP US UNCOVER RESILIENCY AND REDESIGN PROSPERITY?

THIS FOREST FRINGE GOWN OF 5,300+ CURVING PINE NEEDLES CONVEY THE DUAL ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL UPS AND DOWNS INHERENT TO SUCH TURBULENT TIMES AND EXAMINES THE NATURE OF A POST-PANDEMIC INDULGENCE TO COME.

MATERIALS | PONDEROSA PINE NEEDLES, COTTON STRING, CORK COMPOSITE, POLY CHARMEUSE FABRIC AND (NOT VISIBLE) SECONDHAND COTTON BLANKET, SECONDHAND COTTON SHEET, CARDBOARD AND POLYPROPYLENE HANGER STRAP.

LOCATION | CENTRAL OREGON, UNITED STATES

CONCEPT, DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHER | JESSIE CURRY