Grief Baking
Within this body of work Arianna Williamson will use her practice as guidance for healing from grief and loss of a matriarch in her life. Her process will include personal research on grieving in hopes of stitching meaningful ties to her current, human existence and altogether, stabilizing abstract responses to an abstract question: what does one do after the loss?
“Grief Baking” is a digital video narrative which attempts to provide meaning to the question above. The documentation follows matrilineal life and loss through a learned combination of yeast, flour, salt, and water.
In my mock-up, I hope to bring a domestic and maternal presence into the gallery space. My painting “Wrapped Up” would be hung on the wall via clothespins and family photographs would be framed next to it. My video “Grief Baking” would be projected on a large scale and a vintage, floral (and preferably green) bench would be used for seating. Branches of willow and birch would cover another wall.
