How might we tell a story to moss? How might moss tell a story to us? Text offers a way of sharing histories and narratives, passing them from one to another. Moss Bound imagines a material method through which we can tell and receive these stories.
Reading with moss is a way of considering rhythm, sequence, and time. A physical rebinding and reforming
of the Iliad through the use of seven threads, mirroring Homer’s rupturous and rapturous seven-beat rhythm, mapping the occasion of seven words shared by moss and human: time, place, earth, rock, dissolve, together, flow. The cords thread the book, gathering and binding the text, obscuring some pages, and displaying others. Together with moss, an alternative reading, history, and marking of time are made possible.
Reading with moss is a way of considering rhythm, sequence, and time. A physical rebinding and reforming
of the Iliad through the use of seven threads, mirroring Homer’s rupturous and rapturous seven-beat rhythm, mapping the occasion of seven words shared by moss and human: time, place, earth, rock, dissolve, together, flow. The cords thread the book, gathering and binding the text, obscuring some pages, and displaying others. Together with moss, an alternative reading, history, and marking of time are made possible.