Ruminations / For Twenty-Five Sheep
Whetstone Farm wool processed and woven on site from twenty-five Dorset/Ile de France crosses, Franconia limestone sourced along the Saint Croix River, repurposed poultry and snow fencing, and salvaged rebar from the work site
2021
Artist Statement
I ruminate on ways to find intentional balance between land (ecosystems), body (animal & human), and history (geological & anthropological). María Puig de la Bellacasa proposes this balance can begin with soil. Soil care has the potential to alter our future if we begin to understand how entangled and intimate we are with the environment we live within.
Weaving together regenerative farming techniques and indigenous land-stewardship practices can become portals for deepening our understanding of the anthropocene and the intentional actions we must make presently – moving forward. It is a durational commitment.
This piece is a walking piece. I hope along the walk you observe the intimate-entangled relationship of the landscape created between the soil, grasses, wool, fencing, and your own individual body.
The piece will remain as long as the land allows it to be.
My deepest thanks to Emily and Klaus at Whetstone Farm.
Babette Pendleton
Born: Baltimore, MD, USA, 1990
Resides: Annapolis, MD
Education: MFA in Curatorial Practice from MICA, 2021