Interactive installation, 2018, River of Life community, Jamaica Plain MA
An interactive installation done in partnership with a local spiritual organization. Over a period of six months the organization went through a season of reflection and conversation around what it means to be a community of faith. I was invited to create a visual component to this process. Over a period of several weeks, the congregation was invited to place sequins on a wall representing the light contributed by each individual to the greater light of community. I came in after each service to connect the new layer of sequins with threads of reflective light across the back wall, forming a constellation. Throughout the community’s reflection process, written documentation was gathered, distilled and delivered to me to be added to the final installation. Before the community moved into a new phase of imagining, the artist created a final form representing the alchemy of coming together and being held by the presence of their collective vision. The final form was created in one day without the community seeing the process of transformation. The following service the community was surprised by the magic of the final image.
Documentation: Faith Johnson and community members
