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isa saldaña & troizel xx
nestled (on the stunning alimentation of an egg)
[mixed media: cardboard, newsprint, fabric, rope, papier-mâché, 2025]
This collection of 4-6 life-sized, mixed-media egg sculptures serve as metaphorical reminders of vulnerability, fragility, precarity, and potential for transformation–the same qualities found in every step through nature. Each egg–and its accompanying poetic line– invites visitors to take a quiet moment to reflect on their personal and ancestral journeys while symbolically mirroring the cycles of growth and decay within a forest ecosystem.
Playing on the egg, often cast as a universal symbol of birth and hope but also a harrowing glimmer of our so-called “now” (as in, a nod to the recent shortages caused by a confluence of bird influenza, economic and supply chain issues, and climate collapse), connects to the rhythms of the inescapably interfered-with world.
Positioned in quiet clearings and along bends in the trail, the eggs encourage moments of pause, confusion, contemplation, and wonder for walkers, fostering an enlivening sense of harmony between art and landscape, amidst the distress that befalls land and people daily.
“When I think on the stunning alimentation of an egg, I come face to face with one of the miracles of human existence; after all, I started out that way (and so did you) and grew and grew. . . .”
—Hortense J. Spillers in “Peter's Pans: Eating in the Diaspora” in Black, White, and In Color
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