Inside the Studio
Langdon in residency at Object Limited
Langdon Graves tells us about how the history and storytelling of the town of Bisbee, AZ influenced the direction of her work while at the Uprise Art x Object Limited Residency.
I’ve been learning about different methods and implements of divination for a little while, and incorporating them into my work. Divination plays into some of the broader themes I’ve been exploring, involving belief and superstition, and finding meaning where we see it and as we need it. Surrounded by desert, I became interested in water divination or dowsing, also called water witching (even the wording of which inspires me to make). Dowsing has historically been used to locate not just water but other hidden or missing elements, like minerals, oil, even human beings – and since Bisbee was a mining town, there are reminders everywhere that so much of it is hidden inside the earth.
Langdon Graves
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