vignette with chair, carpet fragment, eco-dyed (rust) fabric to tear, basket, 11×17” poster guiding interactive element; floor space and wall behind; 3.5’x4’ plus 1’ on either side

“My body asked my spirit “How to survive this grief? For, if we remain locked in it, how can we restore body and spirit, salvage, recreate, find a new path?” In many cultures, renting garments is an act of mourning, there is deep wisdom, a cleansing in this ritual of grief.”

ARTIST BIO: Over half way through her 70th decade, in this Snakes and Ladders game-board world we live in, it has been painful for Ann Leader to look back, hope no longer easy. She struggles, but cannot stay stuck. She found a voice as an advocate for justice in the 1960s in the US, her hands as an artist in apartheid South Africa in the 1970s. Art is a source of inspiration, protection, an alternative language in the face of injustice.