who are we if not ritual and water (queer water ritual) (2026)
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who are we if not ritual and water (queer water ritual), 2026
Site-specific installation & ritual
Approx. 96” x 96”
Installation: Anodized aluminum chainmail, linen, mirror titles, foraged lavender, fresh flowers, water, built objects (wood bowl, in-situ clay fountain), in-situ rosebush
Ritual objects and materials:
disco ball, artist’s grandmother’s solid brass pestle, dissolvable paper, nontoxic water soluble ink markers, queer and trans community
site
On site where local church community taught American school children who had AIDS, when the children were banned by public schools from attending in the 1980s,
Los Angeles, CA
Presented by With Love Projects in collaboration with Living Canvas Foundation and The Unnamed Place at Queer Reset
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Queer & Trans Water Ritual is part of an ongoing practice and body of work by Anna Goodman Herrick, that includes published writing, interdisciplinary art, text work, community gatherings, rituals, and installation.
The practice explores gender, queerness, connection, sovereignty, embodiment, ritual, ceremony and access, and invites us to do so together, rather than in isolation.