Howdy, how are you?
My name is Zoë, and I am a conduit, scientist, and storyteller whose life flows through the Bouruma, Jishikibo, and Wimahl rivers. I experiment with Boviander ecological relationships through ceramics, creative nonfiction, film, and projections. I am the founder and co-steward of Fernland Studios, an experimental ecology art studio prioritizing rest, rejuvenation, and reciprocity. We offer Black, Indigenous, and all people of color opportunities to sustain their relationship with Grandmother Earth through art, education, and spiritual wellness.
I am a doctoral candidate in the University of Oregon's Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies' inaugural cohort. Through critical autotheory and art practice, my research uses emotional decolonial healing and Indigenous trauma theory as a conceptual framework to understand how coloniality in Guyana requires embodied and ecological erosion. I explore how art manifests emotional and environmental elasticity, extending from our spirits to the soil.
I am fixated on through lines and cosmos connecting me to you. Let’s get to know each other.
Zoë Gamell Brown | she/they
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