I Know You’re Invasive But I Love You Anyway

 

Title: I Know You’re Invasive But I Love You Anyway

Place/Time: Artist-In-Residence at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology on the central coast of Oregon during October 2008 – January 2009

“Confluence” exhibition (Dawn Stetzel, Matt Bower, Louisa Conrad) in the Chessman Gallery at the Lincoln City Cultural Center in Lincoln City, Oregon during January – February 2009

Details:
I Know You’re Invasive But I Love You Anyway is about the plant community (beachgrass) on the Oregon coast, and at the same time reflects the dynamics found within human relationships.

I Know You’re Invasive But I Love You Anyway is photo documentation of a happening, a beachgrass hugging, on the sandy spit at the mouth of the Salmon River.

 

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As an artist spending time in this place I acknowledge and pay respect toward those who today are represented by the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, and whose stewardship of Cascade Head and the Oregon coast continues today.