Swannanoan Silt

Print Series

5”x7” gelatin silver prints selected from a series of 35mm black & white reversal slides.

The slides comprise one channel of the larger Swannanoan Silt moving image installation and performance.

The images serve as a direct engagement with Tropical Storm Helene’s ecological impact, as the original rolls of film were developed using water from the contaminated French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers in the immediate months after the storm. As such, the images take on visual artifacts and damage borne from their contact with the same water that destroyed the landscape depicted therein.

Nine images from this series are hosted at the Buncombe County Special Collections as part of the Carolina Record Shop Creative Residency in conjunction with the Come Hell or High Water community memory project. The exhibit is on view from June 25th to September 30th, 2025.