Body and Breath of Labor
2025
Body & Breath of Labor is a site-specific sculptural installation that grounds the histories of immigrant quarry workers in Barre, Vermont, through stone, image, and sound. The work consists of fifteen hand-chiseled granite slabs, each embedded with either an archival photograph or a present-day image of laborers engaged in different stages of granite work—from initial quarry extraction to final surface finishing.
The installation is accompanied by the Invisible Labor Memory soundtrack: a layered composition of ambient field recordings from active quarries, machine workshops, and public archives, interwoven with voice-overs from workers, historians, and artisans. Together, the visual and sonic components immerse viewers in a sensory narrative of granite’s human history, making tangible the endurance, skill, and health costs embedded in the material itself.
2025
Body & Breath of Labor is a site-specific sculptural installation that grounds the histories of immigrant quarry workers in Barre, Vermont, through stone, image, and sound. The work consists of fifteen hand-chiseled granite slabs, each embedded with either an archival photograph or a present-day image of laborers engaged in different stages of granite work—from initial quarry extraction to final surface finishing.
The installation is accompanied by the Invisible Labor Memory soundtrack: a layered composition of ambient field recordings from active quarries, machine workshops, and public archives, interwoven with voice-overs from workers, historians, and artisans. Together, the visual and sonic components immerse viewers in a sensory narrative of granite’s human history, making tangible the endurance, skill, and health costs embedded in the material itself.