This nest sat in an exhibition for a little over a month. I think many thought the nest looked complete, but this piece was meant to invite reflection, interaction. Perhaps it looked too finished.
Much like every other piece of work I create/ collaborate on I have to release expectations and stand with curiosity.
With a social practice piece like this nest where the artist isn't there in person it's hard to gauge how much participation there will be. I'm glad to see even a few answers woven into the nest when I arrived to dismantle the work.
Prompts :
What ideas, thoughts, actions do you want to incubate for the future?
What makes a safe space, and/ or home?
How do we build on/ with what we already have to create new pathways for connection?
A message from the nest:
"Things are rarely easy at the start. When we learn something new, there comes a time when the enormity of the task is realized.. " I will never be that good" we think. And so we sink back into the familiar. Build on mistakes- that's how you reach new heights."
This message is the very message I needed to see when I started reflecting about the success of this piece.
Keep building folks!
Image Description: a tangle of electric cords in different colors surrounds a handwritten message on paper, the words quoted above"