Billy von Raven

ART - BFA

a child’s map to a future world, 2021, wood panel, blocks, sticks, wood scraps, yarn, root ball, curb paint chips, tulle fabric, twine, plastic, cardboard, paper collage, staples, aluminum foil, bird bands, fishing line, teasel, lichen, spools, tin, leaves, 40 label, thread, latex paint, broken glass, ink, glue, and acrylic, 48 x 60 inches — *a child’s map to a future world*, 2021, wood panel, blocks, sticks, wood scraps, yarn, root ball, curb paint chips, tulle fabric, twine, plastic, cardboard, paper collage, staples, aluminum foil, bird bands, fishing line, teasel, lichen, spools, tin, leaves, 40 label, thread, latex paint, broken glass, ink, glue, and acrylic, 48 x 60 inches

What if this life was a musical score on a map of ecological history, one you could walk through, touch, or hear? Critical to making this map is understanding how the way I listen informs
the process: how to include nonhuman agencies and regard power differentials of space and belonging. Drawing is central to this nonlinear cartography. Unlike spoken language, drawing doesn’t need to adhere to grammatical rules that separate the subject from the object, human from nature. It’s visceral history—my perception and thought going for a walk along the skin of the world. @billyvonraven / https://billyvonraven.wordpress.com/