Legend says when many Europeans boarded passage for America they carried with them a ball of yarn, connecting them with a loved one on land. As the ship pulls away and someone must let go, colored ribbons wave in the sky. 

Based on research from a residency at Ellis Island Museum, The Letting Go is inspired by the bravery of immigrants past and present. Composed of 20,000 feet of tethered nautical rope, the piece is a reflection on where we come from, where we’ve been, and where we hope to go. Formed from a world map, this complex web connects each of the seven continents to every land mass and major body of water, overwriting hierarchies of land, water, absence, presence, border and boundary. The individual lines, held in place only by tension, travel freely and collectively from origin to destination. The map appears to rise out of the sea, or perhaps the sea is rising to meet the land. A meditation on how and why we migrate, the rising sea directly refers to the imminent impact of the climate emergency on the urgent movement of people, and the new systems we must implement to care for one another in the face of human crises.

As travelers pass through, the site-specific work presents a quiet moment to consider both their own journey, and the journeys of those past future.

Produced in collaboration with Los Angeles. Arts Exhibition Program, Los Angeles World Airports & Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. 

On view through May 2020 at LAX Airport, United Terminal 7 check-in. No ticket is required to visit the work.

The Letting Go
Hand-dyed nautical rope, teak , acrylic
32 x 12 x 75 ft

Image Credits:
LAX installation photography: Panic Studio LA, courtesy of
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and City of Los Angeles
Making of photography: Matthew Farrar Photography 

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Legend says when many Europeans boarded passage for America they carried with them a ball of yarn, connecting them with a loved one on land. As the ship pulls away and someone must let go, colored ribbons wave in the sky. 

Based on research from a residency at Ellis Island Museum, The Letting Go is inspired by the bravery of immigrants past and present. Composed of 20,000 feet of tethered nautical rope, the piece is a reflection on where we come from, where we’ve been, and where we hope to go. Formed from a world map, this complex web connects each of the seven continents to every land mass and major body of water, overwriting hierarchies of land, water, absence, presence, border and boundary. The individual lines, held in place only by tension, travel freely and collectively from origin to destination. The map appears to rise out of the sea, or perhaps the sea is rising to meet the land. A meditation on how and why we migrate, the rising sea directly refers to the imminent impact of the climate emergency on the urgent movement of people, and the new systems we must implement to care for one another in the face of human crises.

As travelers pass through, the site-specific work presents a quiet moment to consider both their own journey, and the journeys of those past future.

Produced in collaboration with Los Angeles. Arts Exhibition Program, Los Angeles World Airports & Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. 

On view through May 2020 at LAX Airport, United Terminal 7 check-in. No ticket is required to visit the work.

The Letting Go
Hand-dyed nautical rope, teak , acrylic
32 x 12 x 75 ft

Image Credits:
LAX installation photography: Panic Studio LA, courtesy of
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and City of Los Angeles
Making of photography: Matthew Farrar Photography 

Click on images below to view full screen.

Legend says when many Europeans boarded passage for America they carried with them a ball of yarn, connecting them with a loved one on land. As the ship pulls away and someone must let go, colored ribbons wave in the sky. 

Based on research from a residency at Ellis Island Museum, The Letting Go is inspired by the bravery of immigrants past and present. Composed of 20,000 feet of tethered nautical rope, the piece is a reflection on where we come from, where we’ve been, and where we hope to go. Formed from a world map, this complex web connects each of the seven continents to every land mass and major body of water, overwriting hierarchies of land, water, absence, presence, border and boundary. The individual lines, held in place only by tension, travel freely and collectively from origin to destination. The map appears to rise out of the sea, or perhaps the sea is rising to meet the land. A meditation on how and why we migrate, the rising sea directly refers to the imminent impact of the climate emergency on the urgent movement of people, and the new systems we must implement to care for one another in the face of human crises.

As travelers pass through, the site-specific work presents a quiet moment to consider both their own journey, and the journeys of those past future.

Produced in collaboration with Los Angeles. Arts Exhibition Program, Los Angeles World Airports & Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. 

On view through May 2020 at LAX Airport, United Terminal 7 check-in. No ticket is required to visit the work.

The Letting Go
Hand-dyed nautical rope, teak , acrylic
32 x 12 x 75 ft

Image credits:
LAX installation photography: Panic Studio LA, courtesy of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)

Making of photography: Matthew Farrar Photography

Click on images below to view full screen.