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Car-Seat Heat, 2022
Wool and cotton yarn, inner coat liner, and memory foam
In response to "The Fourth Time" by Dr. Lora-Ellen McKinney
17" x 15" x 3"
The Fourth Time
By Lora-Ellen McKinney
The fourth time that their lips met
Ignoring two glancing, squandered moments
Askew astride a curb
Hug disconnecting
Shy smiles dissolving down a narrow hallway
The fourth time
Was not the enchantingly
Oddly familiar and
Momentary firm pressing
Slightly moist
Almost accidental
Lean-in-to delicacy
Surrounded by pea-soup fog
Ungodly early on a misty Tuesday morn
No, the fourth time that their lips met
Was brilliant sunshine
Vainglorious afternoon
Car-seat heat
Expectant and new
Gentling towards directed
Purpose and intent
Melding into space held sacred for
Deeply lovely succulent longing
Soft puppy moans upended from
Yawning, ancient and rarely visited
Wells of yearning
Each heart seeking in the other
That fourth time
The sweet and sensual rhythms
Of an instinctual primal dance
Whose steps assured
That the fifth time
The undeniable next time
Mystery deciphered
Their lips would know.
Color Cradle, 2021
In collaboration with Mariell Guzman @mariellguzman
Steel, paint, yarn, and polymer clay
Knitting in Solidarity, 2019
Corresponded by Connor Walden
Those who prayed with their hands: Abbey Blackwell, Alex Taft, Andrea Kalus, Andrea Rodriguez Burckhardt, Angie Pool, Ann Ringstad, Anne Lewis, Barbie Swisher, Berkeley Parks, Beth Snyder, Bonnie Walden, Brian Evans, Brian Park, Caitlin Beare, Caitlin Pensak, Camarie Keosoff, Carrie Kubetz, Cassi McDougall, Cassidy Jones, Chandler Grace Terry, Chris Vincent, Cicelia Ross-Gotta, Claudia Burckhardt, Connor Walden, Dani Reinhardt, Debbie Hiscock, Debbie Raby, Dolores Doyle, Donna Allen, Dr. Lora-Ellen McKinney, Eleanor Schubert, Elena Kochetova, Evelyn Burckhardt, Haley Hyde, Holly Dirks, Jeanne Dolan, Jennifer Jones, Jennifer Simpson, Judy Ko, Judy Le Blanc, Kalee Vandergrift, Kaplan Cooperative, Karen Eisenbrey, Karin Scovill, Kate Thompson, Kathy Donnellan, Kathy Walden, Katrina England, Kazie Good, Kirsten Yelin, Kristin Joyner, Kyle Walden, Larnell Randolph, Laura De La Cruz, Laura Haack, Lauren Leshly, Leah Fulmer, Linda Allen, Linda Frank, Louise Guryan, Lynn Harris, Margie Clark, Maria Phoutrides, Marlene Fernandez, Mary Dickson Diaz, Meylen Rosas, Molly Hoffman, Noor Asif, Northwest University, Pam Richardson, Patty Hoey, Person from Great Britain, Phyllis Holzworth, Phyllis Jackson, Rachel Kirby, Ren Nguyen, Ronan Delisle, Sandra Matthews, Sara Fishman, Sarah Patlan, Selena Hawryluk, St. Luke’s Catholic School, Stacie Scaduto, Susan Lauzac, Susan Medeiros, Susan Sasnett, Tanya Sidarova, Theresa Olson, Tiana Powell, Tristan Greeno, Vivy Phan
Yes, 2019
In collaboration with Niki Korth from the Big Conversation Game
Performed in San Fransisco, CA on March 29
(insular), 2018
Installation includes 8’ x 8’ room built to code, green screen paint, found objects
In collaboration with Granite Calimpong and Brighton McCormick
This collaborative work explores the individual and collective mental and physical spaces, the tendency to drift away into increasingly isolated states, and the difficulty in identifying one's own projections.
Pronounced Red, 2019
In collaboration with Alex Bradshaw-Yerby
VR Video
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Experimenting with new ways to make books useful in the digital age. A work in progress, but be sure to watch this video on your iPhone to get the full experience.
Seed Spiral, 2017
Pot, dirt, and video installation
Performed by Lucie Baker and Connor Walden
In collaboration with Lucie Baker
To Ashes, 2019
Performed by Alethea Alexander, Adele Nickel, and Connor Walden
Performed in Ravenna Park in Seattle, Washington on June 24th
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. The final performance of the shed.
Fastening, 2018
Performed at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington on “Stadium Piece” by Bruce Nauman on July 20, 2018
Performed by and in collaboration with Adele Nickel, Brandin Steffensen, Leslie Kraus, Susan Haines and Connor Walden
Photo Credit to Alex Bradshaw-Yerby
Times 3, 2018
Performed at Ravenna Collaboratory in Seattle, Washington by Adele Nickel, Alex Bradshaw-Yerby, Caitlin Beare, Lucie Baker, and Connor Walden on March 30 - April 2
In collaboration with Adele Nickel, Alex Bradshaw-Yerby, Caitlin Beare, and Lucie Baker
2018 Shed Storage Unit: (re)Construction, 2018
Performed at Marine Park in Bellingham, Washington by Adele Nickel and Connor Walden on March 4
In collaboration with Adele Nickel
Production Assistant: Susan Haines
2018 Shed Storage Unit: Deconstruction Demonstration, 2017
Sculpture, performance, dance, installation
Performed by Adele Nickel and Connor Walden
In collaboration with Adele Nickel
Seesaw, 2018
Orange dyed sawdust, orange painted wood, orange plastic cups
In collaboration with Mackenzie Waller
Wandering(s), 2018
Improvisational composition for two players and sound installation
Performed by Caitlin Beare & Connor Walden in Seattle on March 10
In collaboration with Caitlin Beare
Modern Desert, 2018
In collaboration with Bothell UMC
Industrial copier, filing cabinet, copies, weekly devotionals, and Psalter
Installation
At the end of the 2018 Lenten Season, Bothell UMC wrote 55 personal Psalms that were then bound together into a Psalter. These psalms ranged from poems to stories to drawings expressing to God or to themselves or to their loved ones about topics such as anger, lamentation, thanksgiving, and more. Connor Walden facilitated contemplative writing workshops throughout this exhibition to encourage and support the writing of the psalms. Each week, the chairs of the chapel we rearranged according to the topic, instrumental music was played, names were shared, and guided writing sessions commenced.
Process Pieces, 2014 - Present
Love Is All You Need, 2015