Form & Concept Gallery Debuts "Sacred Bouquet" Installation by Mira Burack
Sacred Bouquet, the debut of the four-channel video installation and sound bath of the same name, originally commissioned from New Mexico-based artist, Mira Burack (MFA Fiber 2005) by Los Angeles-based Bridge Projects is currently on view at form & concept gallery in Santa Fe. The “Sacred Bouquet” commission features contributions from Jason Janusch, Rachel Shuman, and others. Debuting alongside this presentation of Burack’s meditative procession is a series of new collage works that continue the artist’s practice of creating assemblage works from repeated motifs in her domestic environment.
Sacred Bouquet forges new ways to step back into a similar space of community care through ritual and rest, offering audiences a sensual, secular route to accessing the ritual framework of Sukkot. Sukkot serves as a celebration of joy through the unity of shared history and is partially observed through the construction and occupation of a four-walled outdoor structure, called a sukkah, and the activation of a ritual bouquet often called the arba’a minim in Hebrew.
The four Middle-Eastern plants grouped together in most Sukkot settings are replaced with Burack’s chosen Southwestern counterparts – the yucca, juniper, prickly pear, and piñon – as the four walls of the sukkah expand into the high desert environment, acknowledging the importance of ecological health in enabling human celebration. Through engaging with “Sacred Bouquet”, Burack invites viewers to immerse themselves in an actionable, enmeshed dynamic between community and landscape, offering a chance to sit and rest, cradled by the luscious, rose-tinted desert landscape.
Learn more:
