Embodied Infrastructure investigates the resilience and relational intelligence of the natural world, with particular attention to how trees physically adapt to human-made structures. This ongoing series of ceramic wall-bound works feature images of edaphoecotropism, or the propensity of living tree tissue to engulf surrounding infrastructure. The glaze decals in this ceramic series were created from scans from CMYK risograph prints derived from disposable film photos taken around NYC. I approach environmental activism through a lens shaped by care and interdependence. In these works, the cyclical entanglement as the tree continues to grow despite obstruction suggests both adaptation and a quiet, yet powerful refusal. This resonates with the slow, often-invisible embodied experience of resisting systems of harm. 

More specifically, this body of work is generatively supported by writers and thinkers within crip theory, queer ecology, and trans theory. I'm curious how we might see ourselves and our own lived experiences mimicked in surrounding complex, entangled ecosystems. During this time, when it’s so critical to resist systemic barriers that limit bodily autonomy, how can we find energy and power from witnessing the resilient, embodied intelligence already growing around us?