S Hollis Mickey

LATIN VERBS

The ephemeral is preserved as a bird, or a word held in the mouth.

Latin Verbs is a 40-minute densely layered piece that unfolds a series of images that compose something that is at once exquisite and delicate, strange and grotesque. Situated in 'Root Cellar' an exhibition of embroideries by S Hollis Mickey, the performance realizes portions of the narrative told through thread in lived time. Live harmonium. Cooking of a meal. The beating of the sparrow's wings. 

Distilled from the chapbook