Protectors of the Edge
Ceramic Gargoyle
Luetzerath, 2022
Onsite research into the narratives that build the emotional care needed to maintain the fight for ecological justice. Standing by the mine’s edge at night the red lights of the windturbines remind of the Ohmu of Nausicaa. They are protectors of the Sea of Death, the poisonous forest pushing back against human exploitation of the earth. If nature is still harmed, the Ohm’s usually blue eyes turn red “blinded by rage,” and they charge to defend. With the eviction edging closer, it seems we need to ally up with a monster as strong as the Ohmu to turn the tide and liberate the land from the machines that eat it. Before the eviction, a Priest came to bless the structures - valuing them as 'real' houses. I follow this gesture and create a gargoyle to protect the houses in the eviction.