XANTHRA DUFRANE

Cambria  is a mediation on the American landscape, its past, present and uncertain future.  Inspired in part by Ada Limón’s poem “Overpass,” this project began with long walks on the margins of rural communities near where my family is from, and where I lived for a time as a child. What started as a personal search for connection between self and the land evolved into an exploration of the complex tensions between humanity and the natural world. In these spaces, human histories and personal memories are both written into and overshadowed by forces that exceed human scale. Through photography, field recordings, and sculptural materials, Cambria reflects on the connection between the land and body, and on the ways in which landscape serves as a vessel for memory.