[-empyre-] breaking through the asphalt

[Christopher Kennedy]

EPA FIELD REPORT: Oct. 18, 2017

Today at the EPA we dug deep. And broke through some asphalt in the urban
weeds garden.

The action was partly inspired by an improv movement workshop that we
organized this summer called CRACK the Patriarchy -- where we traced the
cracks in the asphalt and starting to think about our own bodies as a
radicle that can get into all the openings where weeds push through. The
movement and conversation from the workshop got us thinking about notions
of value, comfort/discomfort, maintenance, emotional labor, healing and
care, cultivation and gender.

I have to tell y'all it was so satisfying to break through. The asphalt is
actually really spongey and malleable when you get down an inch or so.
Almost like a thick cake or membrane. When the soil was exposed we placed
our hands on the surface together and speculated on what seeds will take
root. It felt like we picked off a little scab on the city's skin.

We'll keep you posted on any developments!

Chris


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Christopher Lee Kennedy <http://christopherleekennedy.com/>
(201) 981-1576
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