WexCast: Hope Ginsburg, Gina Siepel, and Sara Smith on Meditation Ocean

For this episode, we hear from Hope Ginsburg, who conceived and directed the spring 2023 Wex exhibition Meditation Ocean, and some of her collaborators within the Meditation Ocean Constellation, Sara Smith and Gina Siepel. While Meditation Ocean left the Wex in July 2023, a recent Climate Impact Report on the exhibition for the collective Artists Commit brought to light the resources saved and emissions reduced through sustainability strategies between the artists’ and the Wex. These include elements like a longer rotation period for the installation, and the seating within the space. With sustainability and environmental connection in mind, we revisit the Meditation Ocean Constellation, learning more about biological interconnectedness not just through Meditation Ocean, but through Smith’s project Inside the Breath: INT (In Network Time) and Siepel’s work To Understand a Tree. Together, they consider the intersections of their work and the breathing practices that weave them together. They discuss what it means to be present, to sit in awareness of an environment and its ties to human history, and to understand one’s exchanges with the natural world. You'll find a link to the report in the blog post accompanying this podcast at wexarts.org/blog.