Place Odyssey (Rainbow Monolith)
Amaryllis R. Flowers, 2019-present

This series of experiments and performances began on Fire Island in the summer of 2019. This work is ongoing.

The first and second images are of the piece on its own, standing halfway between the ocean and the sky.  It is facing the sun, refracting its light into a fluxing rainbow gradient, and dappled with touches. 

The third image is of Amaryllis at dusk with bare legs and feet positioning the towering 8 ft x 4 ft rainbow at the place where the ocean briefly licks the sand. She is trying to catch the pink light of the sun, and leaning against the center of the monolith. Her body is doubled and blurred through its door.  

The fourth image is a process shot documenting how records of touch are embedded into the surface of the Rainbow Monolith. There are marks resulting in the weight of hands, feet, walking, holding, falling, and place (ocean, salt, sand, dunes, grass, bones). The monolith has memory. The memory falls apart.