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by Courtney Applequist & ~ICEbox Collective
Bodies of water have become, in our recent history, the site of the collision of the natural vs unnatural, scarcity vs abundance, sustainable practices vs our relationship with consumerism; they are a proxy to our struggle as society, presenting a moment of reckoning, where we are witness, perpetrator, and victim.
These ancient bodies hold the memory of our origins, evolution and destruction, and simultaneously show us lessons of the wisdom of balance, which begs the question of why we treat them as dumpsites; why we regard nature as an endless source of resources, disregarding the sacred nature, as the oceans, lakes and rivers have an intrinsic symbiotic relationship with all of us. Large bodies of water are the site of the imagination of the unknown and life we don’t comprehend. To accept and respect that which we cannot see, to learn to have empathy with every aspect as an essential part of human learning and the only way to survive as a species.
Bodies of Disregard, as a participatory artwork, explores the collapsing of western and indigenous imagery into a platform for exchange and interrogation of this present moment. Using imagery built with the visual language of “doodling”, the viewer is invited to engage with questions regarding our relationship with climate change and consumerism on both macro and micro levels; institutional, systemic and individual.