A Sympoietic Workshop through Constitution Marsh

A Sympoietic Workshop through Constitution Marsh

Join me for a A Sympoietic Walk/Shop through Constitution Marsh Audubon Sanctuary on Saturday October 28 at 10-1pm.
Constitution Marsh Audubon Center and Sanctuary is a unique and beautiful tidal marsh located in Putnam County, New York, and serves as vital natural habitat in the Hudson River Estuary. It is situated on the east shore of the Hudson River, just south of the village of Cold Spring.
Follow the link below to sign up:
https://tickets.audubon.org/…/71ed671a-1a82-1952-817e…

 

A Sympoietic Workshop through Constitution Marsh
Photography, Drawing, & Writing led by Nicole Peyrafitte

October 28th, 2023 10:00am to 1:00pm

Sympoiesis or “making-with” is a term used by Donna Haraway, the feminist philosopher of science, who has been calling for an interspecies symbiosis. Join us at Constitution Marsh, exploring a more intimate relationship with the natural world.

Nicole is an eco-feminist artist, engaging with art’s healing response-ability practice. Humans and other-than-humans: we are inextricably linked, and her projects are a continuous investigation engaging with and emphasizing these relationships.

Suggested Material & Equipment to bring:

  • Small notebook
  • Pencils/pens
  • Camera
  • Snacks/Water/Tick repellent/ Sunscreen
  • Small musical instrument
  • Good hiking shoes – we will be walking and the terrain is rough until we get to the boardwalk. Due to all of the recent rain, please be prepared for the wet and soggy grounds.
 

Tuning, Toning, Flowing at Socrates Sculpture Park

Tuning, Toning, Flowing at Socrates Sculpture Park

Event’s photo documentation:  here

Join us in a free, collaborative performance led by artists Betsy Damon, Mary Mattingly, & Nicole Peyrafitte
around Mattingly’s sculpture Ebb of a Spring Tide at Socrates Sculpture Park.

  Socrates Sculpture Park
34-32 Vernon Boulevard
Queens, NY, 11106 (map)

Mary Mattingly’s Ebb of a Spring Tide, at Socrates until September 10.

 

About Ebb of a Spring Tide

Ebb of a Spring Tide is an exhibition of new sculptural works by Mary Mattingly exploring our relationship to coastal ecosystems and the shifting nature of rivers and water lines. The exhibition is on view until September 10, 2023.

Ebb of a Spring Tide features a 65-foot living sculpture titled Water Clock that is fabricated on-site in response to the Park’s unique waterfront location along the East River. This monumental, scaffold structure, which includes edible vegetation, mirrors the cityscape across the East River, highlighting the human impact on New York City’s riparian zone. The clock’s pulse will be kept by water from the East River moving through tubes on the structure, a reminder of a life support system and the delicate balance of coastal ecosystems.

Documentation of the event:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/bBqdwcXtzSeVFs9p7

FREEE for Woman-Life-Freedom

FREEE  for  Woman-Life-Freedom
 
 
          This Karstic-action piece is in solidarity with the Women of Iran. I am deeply inspired by their antediluvian strength resurfacing with force & clarity in their courageous actions.
          The text I wrote & that plays over the video (with music by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte) is loosely based on a Hymn to Inanna attributed to the Mesopotamian poet Enheduanna, the earliest known named author in world history —c.23rd century BCE —.
         Thank you to Sepideh Jodeyri for your activism & relentless work on relaying our support to our Iranian sisters. You prompted this action painting and I am so grateful you did.
            May freedom & peace prevail.
 

Text/ Action/ Video/Editing: Nicole Peyrafitte
Farsi translation : Sepideh Jodeyri
Music: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
Length: 1:46mn

Filmed in my studio in Brooklyn, NY on October 20, 2022

FREEE

Oh ! Oh ! Oh ! Women of Iran
Oh ! Oh ! Oh ! Women of Iran
ante diluvian women
fighting for you rights inscribed in the Mes
our influence is mighty
your roaring makes the world tremble
your courage rings around the earth
your persistence is formidable 
all of you Enheduanna
all of you high priestesses of freedom
I deeply admire you
you exercise full ladyship over heaven and earth
let me praise your ways
let me praise your greatness
let’s call on Innana goddess of heaven & earth  to power your quest
may a whirlwind of freedom be the only mandatory garment on your hair
don’t be tired sisters
don’t be tired sisters
Khasteh nabâshid
Khasteh nabâshid
Merci!

آه، آه، ای زنان ایران!

زنانِ باستان!

ستیزِ بر حقِ‌ شما نقش می‌زند بر کتیبه‌ها 

با اثری شگرف

و غرّشی رعشه‌افکن در جهان

تهورتان گِرداگِردِ زمین پُرطنین 

استقامت‌تان اِعجاب‌افزا

شما همه انهدوانا

همه کاهنانِ عالی مقامِ آزادی

من همه مدح و ثنا

شما الهام‌بخش

شما حد اعلای زن بودگی بر زمین و در آسمان‌ها

بگذارید مدّاحِ راه‌تان باشم

بگذارید ثنا‌گوی شوکت‌تان

بادا که اینانا، خداوندگارِ زمین و آسمان‌ها بخشد نیرویتان 

بادا که گردبادِ آزادی

تنها پوشاکِ اجباری بر گیسوی‌تان 

خسته نباشید خواهران

خسته نباشید خواهران

خسته نباشید!

خسته نباشید!

مرسی!

 

Podcast Interview & Link

Podcast Interview & Link

          From June 4th- August 26 I was very honored to be part of the exhibition Women and Other Wild Creatures: Matrilineal Tales along with Zinaida (Ukraine), Kateryna Babkina (Ukraine), Iryna Maksymova (Ukraine), Rita Maikova (Ukraine), Aya Shalkar (Kazakhstan/US), Yerke Abuova (Kazakhstan/US), and Susan Coyne (US) at Sapar Contemporary in New York City.

         I deeply thank Nina Levent, curator & gallery director & her team, Joelle Araujo, galerie manager & all the interns for this nurturing & creative experience. 

         There is more info on my piece “Antediluvian Sympoiesis” here

         Many thanks to Bernardine who came to visit the show &  gave me the opportunity to talk about my work on her podcast “Beyond the Paint”. If you listen, please do not hesitate to review & comment!

         Meanwhile, may you all be well & have a glorious end of summer, and get the latest on: