A project for Escrita na Paisagem, festival of performance art in Évora, Portugal

California-Alentejo - pastel drawings - video - handmade paper installation - projection and curatorial essay



This video includes footage of the road trip I took with my grandparents as they recalled the old route from their homes in Brentwood, CA to where they took the ferry to go to San Francisco.

Images of the drawings are included in their corresponding pairs, California and Alentejo.

Between sets of images are quotes from my grandparents as they recalled the old route. Quotations in italics belong to my grandfather, Roland, and are remarks he made as we played cribbage together.