Mappings

“Mappings” is a meditation on the shades of drought in California. Water and the dry earth speak with one another and become reflections.

The drought is deepening in California, and though it is March 2022, and it should be the rainy season here, there is little rain. The earth is so parched that, even when it rains, sometimes it can barely absorb the water. This can lead to landslides or flash floods.

As the drought continues, the dialogue between land and water, climate change and human consumption of water will make our access to water more and more unpredictable.

Printing cyanotypes on fabric is a process full of variation and imperfections. It is reliant on how much sunlight is available at the time of exposure. The slowness of this printing process and its dependency on nature itself is a key element of “Mappings.”