Peery Sloan
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What happens when we slow down enough to notice what's holding us together—or unraveling?
My practice lives in the close range: what's within arm's reach, what touches skin, what gets missed when you're moving too fast. I'm interested in the space between people, land, and the overlooked infrastructures that keep daily life humming along. Through gatherings, workshops, and small acts of collective noticing, I explore how meaning surfaces through shared attention rather than finished products. I think of this as tending.
Though honestly it's more like asking: what if we all just... looked closer? What stories live in garden hoses, in grass, in the gap between intention and impact?
This probably comes from living rurally for a while where time was tracked by fire season and animals’ needs. Or it's just my lifelong need to be barefoot, feeling all the squishes between my toes. Either way, it's my way of opting out of hustle culture, one muddy footprint at a time.
I'm pursuing an MFA in Art + Social Practice at Portland State University, learning how art can cultivate connection, care, and new ways of fumbling toward being together.