BECOMING Series

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Composed of BECOMING – corpus, borders, and Frantic Beauty, the BECOMING Series reflects on matter’s constant state of growth and decay. Beginnings and endings are both rooted by questions: Who are we? What are we becoming? How do we become? Why do we become?

Presented at BAM Fisher in 2013, 2016, and 2017, each of these installments were accompanied by process books that arose from the ensemble exploration of realizing transformation.

BECOMING – corpus – BAM Fisher, 2013

borders – BAM Fisher, 2016

Frantic Beauty – BAM Fisher, 2017

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