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AC Discussion | Small Energies
AC Discussion | Small Energies

On Friday, March 14th, we sat down with artists and organizers Lydia Cheshewalla, Patrick Costello, and Alajia McKizia to talk about compost as a mechanism for transformation, renewal, and exchange, and explored affinities in their work that bind compost to history, inheritance, and carrying certain types of knowledge forward.

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Lydia Cheshewalla | Prairie Seraubade
Lydia Cheshewalla | Prairie Seraubade

“The fire burns all night and there are many awakenings and many small deaths. The gilded sea of yesterday will spend one breath as ash, then burst forth again, tender and green—the sweet audacity of renewal.”

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Patrick Costello | You Can Stir the Great Mix
Patrick Costello | You Can Stir the Great Mix

“You can stir the great mix.”

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Alajia McKizia | Laments for the soil // Compost as sweet as a love song
Alajia McKizia | Laments for the soil // Compost as sweet as a love song

“Just as two notes come together: a moment of divine harmony
Is green matter and brown matter perfectly balanced?”

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By championing exploration over expectation, we support creative work that investigates our present and inspires a more just, equitable future for our city.

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