Winter Oracle

Multimedia interactive installation at Nous Tous Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles. Sponsored by Jagermeister (2017)

With a perpetual summer, artificial lighting that can pass night for day, and a work load that only seems to pile higher, when do we allow for rest?  Our seasons provide markers in time that set a stage for varying levels of activity. Winter stalls the growth which provides time to reflect and process all the maturation and death you’ve experienced over the year. However, if you live in a city that never slows, it can be easy to constantly be pushing forward. 

To combat this endless forward trajectory, we attempted to slow down time by creating our own weather cycle inside a small gallery in the heart of Los Angeles. In collaboration with Keisha Raines and Kim Newmoney, we constructed a cabin intended for solitude and contemplation amid the chaos of downtown. Made of wood, glass and sticks, the cabin emit a cool glow as you entered the gallery. One guest entered at a time to sit with the winter oracle. 

Tarot card reader Danielle Dorsey greeted you from a snow-covered throne. She pulled three cards: one for your past, one for your present, and one for your future. Taking note to the ideas that need to remain underground for longer before they are ready to sprout. Nourishing the idea to looking inward for answers.