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      • More Performance/Participatory
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      • Juggling Lesson 1
      • More Video
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      • Your Hair is a Mess
      • Maybe!
      • Oh No
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Performance/Participatory > TEARS PROJECT

TEARS PROJECT is a long-form, participatory and mail-art work. 26 participants received mailings from me over the course of 6 months while I tended to onions and marigolds growing in a raised bed. The project concluded with a gathering to make onion soup and cry.




Ribbons
Ribbons
Dyed cotton and fabric paint
2023
May 30, 2023
May 30, 2023
Onions, marigolds, soil, wood, hand-painted ribbons
June 2, 2023
June 2, 2023
June 5, 2023
June 5, 2023
Marigold seedlings, one surprise nasturtium, June 5, 2023
First Tear Mail - June 21, 2023
First Tear Mail - June 21, 2023
2023
First Tear Mail - June 21, 2023
First Tear Mail - June 21, 2023
July 5, 2023
July 5, 2023
Second Tear Mail-July 11, 2023
Second Tear Mail-July 11, 2023
Second Tear Mail-July 11, 2023
Second Tear Mail-July 11, 2023
July 25, 2023
July 25, 2023
Third Tear Mail-August 1, 2023
Third Tear Mail-August 1, 2023
Onions grow. We tend. - August 1, 2023
Onions grow. We tend. - August 1, 2023
Audio recording
Fourth Tear Mail-August 31, 2023
Fourth Tear Mail-August 31, 2023
Fourth Tear Mail-August 31, 2023
Fourth Tear Mail-August 31, 2023
Onions growing-August 16, 2023
Onions growing-August 16, 2023
September 5, 2023-Onions gleaned
September 5, 2023-Onions gleaned
September 21, 2023-Marigolds bloom
September 21, 2023-Marigolds bloom
Fifth Tear Mail-October 3, 2023
Fifth Tear Mail-October 3, 2023
Sixth Tear Mail-October 11, 2023
Sixth Tear Mail-October 11, 2023
Sixth Tear Mail-October 11, 2023
Sixth Tear Mail-October 11, 2023
The Acts
The Acts
We Made Onion Soup-October 28, 2023
We Made Onion Soup-October 28, 2023
Chopping the onions
Chop tears to make tears
Chop tears to make tears
The carmalelizing weep & preparation of festivity: Making confetti from onion skins and marigolds
The carmalelizing weep & preparation of festivity: Making confetti from onion skins and marigolds
The caramelizing weep & preparation of festivity: Making onion soup and setting the table
The caramelizing weep & preparation of festivity: Making onion soup and setting the table
Invocation of the crying fools
Invocation of the crying fools
Invocation of the crying fools
Invocation of the crying fools
Handkerchief
Handkerchief
Hand-hemmed cotton and fabric paint
Invocation of the crying fools
Invocation of the crying fools
The eating of tears
The eating of tears
Casting of grief and mirth
Casting of grief and mirth
Casting of grief and mirth
Casting of grief and mirth
© SAYWARD SCHOONMAKER
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