A Seed to Eat the World

2023

Wood, mirrors, glass lens, the bones of mammals, reptiles, birds, fishes, dinosaurs native to the prairie, and insects native to Montana

Viewers can gently rotate the eyepiece of this large kaleidoscope. As it turns, insects and bones from mammals, reptiles, fish, and dinosaurs within it reconfigure. They are refracted in mirrors, creating reflections between beautiful and grotesque. They provoke foresight of evolutionary potential or allow one to read their own future in scrying visions.