2024
BeTheMuseum
Artist Yvonne Shortt asked me to spend six hours in Forest Park, Queens, with a different kind of prompt: forget scarcity, forget needing anything beyond what's already here.
Just explore—where is art in the forest?
I started building frames and viewfinders, little portals that isolated specific sightlines and sensory moments. A squirrel's view through crossing branches. The slant of afternoon light a moth might chase. But the real question crept in sideways: who was I framing these for?
What if the museum was never meant for us at all? What if the park's been curating its own collection this whole time, and I just made a few peepholes for the other visitors?
The forest had plenty. I just had to notice who else was looking.