Jane Bennett writes in Vibrant Matter: the Political Ecology of Things that the concept of entelechy “does not vary from person to person; it is not a unique soul, but neither does it vary across organisms. It is, rather the immanent vitality flowing across all living bodies…constrained by the materiality that it must inhabit.” The experimental images and video intersect matter and nature, inorganic and organic, and human encounters with both. Images are shot with a used dryer sheet as a filter.

Meditation in the Anthropocene (video excerpt) returns to the tune, Kumbaya, a song I learned during my intense religious upbringing. The two opposing forces of used dryer sheets and Douglas Firs merge together as a hope offering for reconciliation. The song’s etymology traces back to a 1926 recording in Georgia by H. Wylie found here. However, Marvin V. Frey copyrighted the song in 1939 and claimed he based it off a prayer he heard from an evangelist in Oregon.