A green bench is sits on a green floor, and a rolling metal tray is placed in front of it with its shaft also painted in the same cool toned green. On the bench is a large lumpy fleece pillow that is printed with an image of a large pile of small rocks. T
Rocks for Mel (Autispeak)
Fleece, Polyester Fiber Filling, Glass Mircobeads, Bench, Rolling Metal Tray, Dirt from Right Outside, Blue Marbles, Rocks, Hand Sanitizer, an Audio Recording of the Artist Reading Mel Baggs’ Poem “To My Friend Who Is Hurting” and a Printed Transcript on
Dimensions Variable
2024

Installation view in Greenness at Real Art Ways (2024)

Image Description: A green bench is sits on a green floor, and a rolling metal tray is placed in front of it with its shaft also painted in the same cool toned green. On the bench is a large lumpy fleece pillow that is printed with an image of a large pile of small rocks. To the left of the bench on the wall is a pair of headphones. The rolling tray is filled with dirt and holds a transcript of a poem, To My Friend Who is Hurting by Mel Baggs, read out loud through the headphones and placed on a clear stand which is placed in dirt. In the dirt are also rocks, blue marbles and a bottle of hand sanitizer.

Photography: Peter Brown