Project Description:

Press Play, a site-responsive digital exhibition of video and audio artworks hosted by Powell Gardens (Kansas City, MO) in 2020 and the Tarble Arts Center at Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL) in 2021.

Curator: Jennifer Baker

Groves of trees, architecture, words, music, movement, and art play together, offering reflections on our sense of place in relation to both built environments and the natural world.

QR codes and a call-in phone number (217) 581-6083 are situated throughout the Tarble’s outdoor grounds, inviting those passing through to use their phones and/or smart devices to experience works contributed by artists, poets, dancers, musicians, healers, writers, and creative voices.

“Under tree canopy” was commissioned and written during the 2020 COVID-pandemic lockdown