Floating Vessels
Materials research and studio documentation from several seasons living and working along the shore of the deepest natural lake in Connecticut. Vessel in this context suggests a structure facilitating safe passage and the free flow of environmental observations and spatial narratives.
"Documenting the flow of materials and ideas across environmental spaces, Floating Vessels by artist Abigail Doan pushes us towards thinking differently about movements and changes we witness in our surrounding environments. Through the recording of environmental stimuli such as woven rafts and recycled plastics, Floating Vessels takes on a strong narrative form by way of visual archives and storytelling." - Maryam Arshad of Floresta
Floating Vessels is a culmination of investigations into diverse materials, an extension of past projects including the exploration of psychogeographic mapping in urban spaces, of floating fiber nets and plaited vegetation in desert environs, and of low-impact gathering of flotsam and detritus during walking libraries excursions.
Ideas or evidence of climate resiliency is certainly front and center as I consider how floating might be an apt metaphor for navigating environmental changes and adaptation.
