Barbarous Coasts
On coastlines around the world, the corpses of whales wash ashore and become ephemeral churches: places for contemplation. For thousands of years, people have gathered around the bodies of these Leviathans in awe.
Barbarous Coasts (2026) is a meditation on the spiritual relationship between human beings and the corpses of whales, filmed on location at whale strandings along Oregon's North Coast.
eulogy, elegy
eulogy, elegy
is a private conversation between Lily and the viewer. During the course of their conversation Lily relates stories about the loss of her mom and about the ways that our actions make lasting meaning for the people they touch.
The work is displayed on a small screen with attached headphones; a setup meant to reinforce the feeling that only Lily and the viewer are participating in this intimate conversation. At the end of its 13-minute runtime the video loops and invites another viewer in.
