maybe the sun
maybe the sun was a multimedia exhibition and series of participatory events developed in the aftermath of the pandemic. Through drawing, sculpture, video, and intimate interactive gatherings, the project explored collective grief, uncelebrated resilience, and the emotional residue carried quietly beneath the return to ordinary life.
At the center of the exhibition was we are each other’s atmosphere, a recurring synchronized sound play developed in consultation with grief counselor Shea Wingate, LCSW. Somewhere between guided meditation, séance, and game structure, participants were invited into a guided collaborative ritual for revisiting unmarked losses, unseen victories, and moments that had passed without witness or ceremony.
The exhibition also included works from the Receivers drawing series, which imagined objects as emotional witnesses capable of absorbing and reflecting our experiences over time.
Each session began with a screening of This World, a video featuring my 94-year-old mother recorded as she attempts to recite Mary Oliver’s poem “This World” during a visit to the Baltimore Aquarium. As she repeatedly fumbles lines, my off-screen corrections are audible and her annoyance is palpable—exposing the tension and tenderness of our gradually inverting real life roles.
Photography by Stefan Hagen.
Imminent Joy portraits by George Ferrandi.