silk panels on aluminum rods, ink on handmade linen coverlet, salt, glass holders, candles, 2023
An assembly of the elements of a sacred space designed to be circumnavigated. Evoking a shrine, perhaps one by the wayside, the work alludes to the search across cultures for higher truth, while the title references Douglas Adam’s satirical answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything in his novel, “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” Though the writing may be blurred or unusable, the act of pilgrimage itself may be the most worthwhile.