Kledia Spiro, Which Way, 2022, Kingston Gallery and Somerville Museum, Boston, MA
In Which Way, I tackle the need to "mark my territory" to survive in a changing landscape as both an immigrant and a woman. For immigrants, home is a constantly changing territory. The video performance and installation depict me crawling through sand with stilettos and a weightlifting belt, trying to make it to an undetermined side. I want to confront my viewers with a new path - one that might be more difficult to walk but by the end of it they will gain a new perspective and appreciation. I acknowledge that all the while, "walking" that path is a privilege, in and of itself.
Kingston Gallery Press Release: “Spiro's work examines how personal lived experience can open a lens on the global immigrant experience, and how to make that experience more accessible. Her voice is an important window into a reality that, in a world struggling with the climate crisis and war, more people will experience globally in the decades to come. Like past immigrants, we are moving into an undetermined and uncertain future with little control over the outcome.”
Documentation: Darren Alexander Cole
Sand Installation and Fabrication: Liam Corley