Forrest
Forrest is an ongoing collaborative project between artists Marissa Leitch and Kristin Howe that explores the interconnectedness and causality in nature through a call-and-response process in which we choose a planetary theme that resonates, write, exchange, and respond to each other’s words visually.
Our work brings together poetry, photography, printmaking, painting, and other mediums to reflect on and celebrate earth’s wildness, and the ecosystems of resilience, beauty, interdependence, and cooperation that we, too, are part of.
Forrest is dedicated to and for rest—the state of being creatures of the earth, and the wellspring of self and connection discovered in the luxury of a quiet moment in nature, unattached to the time or tasks demanded of us by the modern world. We are living in a time where we are seeing our natural resources and spaces threatened, and in many places, dwindling. This is why we created Forrest, to slow down, to remember, to make changes in our lives and to fight towards a future where these natural wonders continue to exist.