A World In Between

There is a realm within our forests that only a select few can see. A society of creatures that play an invisible, yet vital role in our world and in all others. This role is little understood, but for those able to see, there are subtle clues to its nature.

This is the world of the Watchers. They are watching everything. They must watch, for all of us.

Artist Statement

The World of the Watchers is an evolving story-building project that interweaves folklore and myth-building with ceramic sculpture, photography, animation, and ARG. The project began as a search for a greater sense of play and whimsy, in a practice that felt over-thought and overly serious. It has quickly taken on a life of its own, with the characters and story building upon themselves in unforeseen ways. It is both a response to the ever growing threats of climate change, as well as a call to take seriously the art of play and wonder.

Are we the stories we tell?

Self Myth-making and Its Impact on Identity

How does repetitive telling change our relationship to our own history? Why do we chose the stories we do? What happens if we release certain stories in exchange for others? If we distill them down to their barest parts? Does changing the stories we tell, and how we tell them, change who understand ourselves to be?

And what of the stories we are told? The stories we know without even knowing how we know them? Can they shape us just as our personal stories do?