The works in Dirt Share act as vessels for communal exchange provided within the sculptural substrate of the cache. The word Cache stems from the pre-pottery storage of food in hunter gatherer communities. These caches have been adapted to fit our needs for play and for exploration through the formation of the geocache. As these Vessels came to fruition under the COVID-19 pandemic they aim to provide connections to public spaces and form communal interactions.  Providing social storage through exchange and redistribution (“leave something take something”) the vessels are activated by an anonymous trade. The works in Dirt Share challenge you to imagine strangers and the objects they left behind, tucked away into the earth. In combination with a digital earth gallery, the cache provides a physical and abstract space for imagination. Vessels for our fantasies.

Much like our decaying earth, Dirt Share has an unknown ephemeral timeline relying on human interaction to care for it or to end it. Each piece is left to have its own anonymous relationships. Sculptures that yearn to be cared for… or else they might float away.

Familiar aliens; the vessels tuck themselves into a layer of the living environment. Accompanied by coordinates each work requires investigation. Sculptures that must be searched for. Mimicking the environment through the hand; hand-built ceramic and all its distortions connecting with the peculiarities in living beings. Sculptures that conceal themselves.

Responding to the stressful status of our climate, the pieces in Dirt Share offer an alternative mental space. They ask us interact with the living world with a temporary ease, focusing on the task at hand (search for community search for objects). Give the gift of a walk. They aim to encourage exploration off the beaten path. Sculptures as resting spots.