This chain was started by two participants tasked with sharing a word that related to a challenge or joy experienced during the pandemic. Both of the words were then sent to two different participants who were asked to create art and title it with a single word that might exist at the intersection of the two prompts they received. The chain continued as each pair individually made art that attempted to connect the two prior prompts in the chain. Though I was hoping that two artists might eventually come up with the same title for their work, they did get pretty darn close. Scroll down to view the various artistic translations in this chain and consider the various perspectives of the artists as they attempted to bridge the divide set before them.

 

LINK 1

cooking

tired

 

LINK 2

burnt

 

slowcooker

Burnt, inkjet print collage (ala codenames) by Robin Kahn

 

Slowcooker, mixed media by Charly Nanda

LINK 3

charred

 

roasted

 

Charred, photograph by Gavriel Elkind

 

Roasted, mixed media by Rebecca Booth-Fox

done

LINK 4

 

revival

Done, collage by Mindy B.

 

Revival, poem by Elizabeth Wolf

LINK 5

bloom

 

planted

Bloom, hot beeswax on eggs, by Julia Tenney

 
 
 

Planted, inktense pencils on paper by Sara Roizen

“Sometimes when you’re in a dark place, you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted. Bloom.”

Note: The artist who created “planted” shared the above quote with her submission which amazingly included the word selected by the other artist. It felt like a perfect way to end this chain.