Gathering Electrons

Might the human sense of separation from the natural world be a result of our upright carriage?

Everything we use to gather sensory information: our noses, eyes, hands and ears are (at minimum five feet) removed from the surface of our planet. Our one point of contact, our feet, we wrap in rubber, a material that blocks the exchange of energy with the earth’s surface.

But what if we didn’t?

Still from video installation, Gathering Electrons

Gathering electrons is a visual suggestion of a new practice, the touching the earth’s surface with our flesh, with our bare feet, a practice known as grounding or earthing.

It is a vertical video mandala created of captured footage of a human: making their feet bare, walking, and eventually crawling, layered with springtime foliage and isolated dandelions.