FIRE/LAND: Knowing the Territory, created by Myrtle Tree Arts, 2023
The year-long project resulted in the live production of an "art rock opera", a dramatic elegy on shared loss and grief stemming from the 2021 Caldor Fire in the Eldorado Forest of Northern CA. The performance, accompanied by a public forum on wildfire and resilience, was co-presented with the American River Conservancy at Wakamatsu Farm, Placerville on June 10, 2023. This original work, conceived by Ameera Godwin, is a public art experience and ritual for healing focused on forest management, historical and cultural practices, and impacts and solutions related to climate change. Photo Gallery below: images by Mark Verlander.
