Sewing Cyanotype Memory: Forgotten Creeks with Artist Ingrid Raphaël
Friday, May 16th, 2-4 PM | The Farm at Awbury, Lightning House, 945 E. Washington Lane Philadelphia PA 19144
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT, BUT ARBORETUM VISITORS ARE WELCOME TO WATCH
Join WaterShed Resident Artist Ingrid Raphaël in a sew-and-collage cyanotype workshop using archival images of waterway and creek burials from the late 19th – early 20th centuries, AND designs created by previous participants.
The event will begin with a short introduction of the artist’s research on flooding in Germantown, and a meditation/ceremony at the only remaining vestige of the Wingohocking Creek, flowing through Awbury Arboretum
Informed by Ingrid Raphaël’s storytelling and research for their upcoming film, weaving together the history of flooding in Philadelphia with Black Memory, this workshop will provide a space of contemplation, reclamation, and collaboration, and experimentation as twin forces of ecological repair and human intervention.
Join us on May 16th for part two of the workshop series, where we will collage and sew the prints together, culminating into a piece of collaborative artwork that will be publicly displayed at the WaterShed as part of their Resident Artist Program.
About Ingrid:
Ingrid Raphaël’s art, films, teachings & research weave ecology, technology, images and landscapes as objects of memory, temporality & Blackness. They are an award-winning filmmaker, educator, exhibiting artist & the co-founder of NO EVIL EYE CINEMA and founder NSISIM Studio: a slow burn study of ecological embodiment.
During their residency at the WaterShed, Ingrid will expand development research for their upcoming film: weaving archival history of buried rivers in Philadelphia and Toni Morrison’s literary references to water with recorded oral storytelling from impacted residents in NW Philadelphia.
