Our project conceptualizes care as an ongoing practice operating beneath the surface through ecological processes and communal labor. Drawing from bioremediation, particularly mycoremediation, we approach care as a regenerative force that sustains collective life. The performance intervention translates this into an embodied, spatial experience, inviting participants to consider repair as a process constantly unfolding underground.

Inspired by community members and local organizations, we approach Altadena as a site of rooted knowledge, cultivation, and adaptation. The work amplifies ongoing practices of tending land and mutual aid in the aftermath of the Eaton fire.

Participants navigate threaded pathways through touch and conversation while engaging with a sonic map which invites them into an underground care network. As participants move through the installation, they are invited to form relations with the land and one another. Poems emerge from each pathway, gradually accumulating into a mycelium-like web of interconnected stories and collective repair.

Learn more about how bioremediation can support a healthier recovery post-fire & connect with local organizations working on the ground in Altadena.