The Warmest Years on Record: An Oral History
“What is the emotional experience of an unseasonably warm day? What changes have you noticed in your local landscapes or weather patterns? When you think about the climate crisis, what do you think about and how do you feel? “
The Warmest Years on Record: An Oral History (2018-ongoing) is an oral history project that captures audio recorded interviews investigating the sensorial, emotional, and psychological effects of living in climate crisis. These conversations in these early warm years are both an archive for the future and a way to build language around this unprecedented moment - a model for how we can productively talk about change in the present.
You can visit the project website here:
Installation View at Phoenix Community Garden in Oceanhill-Brownsville, Brooklyn
Brooklyn Gardeners Tell Their Stories
(June-December, 2022)
In the summer and fall of 2021, I partnered with GreenThumb and interviewed almost 60 community gardeners across 13 Brooklyn community gardens across the borough. These folks reflected not only on how climate change has shown up in their emotional psyches, they also shared hyper-local knowledge about how their growing seasons have changed over the past many decades.
In June 2022, I created an audio installation at community gardens across Brooklyn, that offered the public an opportunity to listen in on these conversations.
Each participating garden hosted a unique sign outside their fence facing the sidewalk. The QR-code linked to audio collages of Brooklyn gardeners thinking on and discussing the questions.
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61 Franklin St Community Garden, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
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462 Halsey Community Farm, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
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Myrtle Village Green Community Garden, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
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Poppa Momma Jones Historic Community Garden, East New York, Brooklyn
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Ashford Learning Community Garden, East New York, Brooklyn
