Evaporation Walks
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The experience of loss is slow time.
Retrieve a dish that feels comfortable when held.
Choose a color that resonates with you.
Pour or drip some into your dish forming a small puddle.
Before picking it up, focus on your breath.
Allow air to fill your lungs and then flow out.
When you are ready, pick up the dish with both hands and carry it.
The experience of loss does not concern destination.
As the water evaporates it becomes the atmosphere enveloping you.
Notice the gravity of your body.
Take care that the water does not spill from the dish.
Sit with the dish and swirl the color around rhythmically.
Carry the dish where the sun feels warm on your skin.
Wander through your interior space.
Notice the liquid color moves like waves breaking against shore.
Listen to your environment, the sounds, light and smells it offers.
Carry your dish until the water evaporates.
WALKING LAB PROPOSITION | McMaster University
Evaporation Walk Installation | Kennedy Museum, Athens, OH | Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN
Detail of Installation – Panoramic Photo Transfer | Kennedy Museum, Athens, OH
Detail of Installation – Performance Object | Evaporated Pigment on Reclaimed Dish | Kennedy Museum, Athens, OH
Detail of Installation | Evaporated Pigment on Reclaimed Dish | Kennedy Museum, Athens, OH
Evaporation walks began as an individual practice in 2012.
Evaporation Walk | Evaporated Pigment and Salt Crystals on Reclaimed Dish | Wildwood Park, Thousand Oaks, CA
Evaporation Walk | Isleta Pueblo | Albuquerque, NM
Evaporation Walk | Tent Rocks National Monument | Cochiti Pueblo, NM
Evaporation Walk | Evaporated Pigment and Salt Crystals on Reclaimed Dish | Southeastern OH
Evaporation Walk | Evaporated Pigment on Reclaimed Dish | Southeastern OH
Evaporation Walk | Evaporated Pigment and Salt Crystals on Reclaimed Dish | Truth or Consequences, NM
Evaporation Walk | Ucross, WY
Blue Ridge Map | Topographic Walking Map Following the Course of an Evaporation Walk
Red Ridge Map | Topographic Walking Map Following the Course of an Evaporation Walk
Flood Waters Map | Gouache on Watercolor Paper | Topographic Walking Map Following the Course of an Evaporation Walk
In 2014 I began facilitating group evaporation walks.
Group walk in an urban landscape | Columbus, OH
Participants display their dishes after completing a group walk | Columbus, OH
Evaporation Walk Participant | Athens, OH
Bereaved Mothers with Dishes | Compassionate Friends, Central Ohio Chapter | Hocking Hills, OH
Group Evaporation Walk and Seated Participant | Carnegie Museum of Art and History | New Albany, IN
Group Evaporation Walk | Carnegie Museum of Art and History | New Albany, IN
Young Participant | Athens City Public Library Earthwork | Athens, OH
Young Participant | Athens City Public Library Earthwork | Athens, OH