Mound, for Iris. 2023

Mound, for Iris is a stop motion animation made at a residency in Tuscany, Italy in the summer of 2023. Upon arriving to La Foce I was immediately struck by the clay mounds that populate the land. In unfamiliar territory, they became a constant I could look to when I felt homesick. In order to honor them, and also Iris Origo, a mother figure who helped restore the La Foce estate, I harvested clay from the land and made my own mound. Stop motion is a tedious yet meditative process for me and one that I look forward to continue exploring and making it my own.