“We dedicate this day to this sacred place. The land. The water. The people. All of what makes this place, this place. This sacred place. This living place. Rooted in the memories of all that has happened. Reaching for the potency of all that is to unfurl.
We will re-member this place alive through various stories of place curated over the seven years of the Vanport Mosaic Festival. We will re-member this place alive into a future that includes re-seeding our intentions and imaginations for land justice.
To support this re-membering and re-seeding, we will collaborate with some land-artists to make paper and cordage out of blackberry vines as a way of honoring this place as it is now, thorns and juicy berries alike. We will seed our intentions and imaginings of what healing and liberation is for this place into paper made from blackberry, with seeds and words.”
Blackberry Project: Re-membering and Re-seeding, serial collaborative project since 2022, nolan proof press, moveable type, ink, and blackberry cane,
Did the floodwaters of Vanport ever recede? collaborative installation the Many Nations Academy students, ridhi d’cruz, Jenn Woodwards, and Tonya, cyanotype, 100% cotton bandanas, ribbon, and thread.
Mix of photos by ridhi d’cruz, from Vanport Mosaic’s archives, and by the artist.