Rooted in Connection

Amaya Haupert, Heidi Holmes, Tatiana Osborne, Louisa Pichelman, Kenzie Swangstu

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, 2023

Cardboard, Wire, Wood

288” x 60” x 36”

Statement From The Artists:

This ordeal of living is collaborative. We owe each other as much as we’re able to give. There is always a lie that convinces us to act otherwise. You’ve been lied to. People are all we have. Nature has been trying to prove this to us since the beginning of time and we actively ignore its reach towards us. Plants rely on other plants just as much as people rely on other people. We are inextricably coupled and must act on our innate desire to connect. The creation of everything is a circular system. We have taken what humans have stolen from trees, to come full circle and recreate what their root systems would have looked like. All with tremendous help from the people around us. This is a rendition of humanity’s fundamental necessity for connection, represented through nature’s inherent ability to have already beautifully accomplished this.