Last Sequoia on Earth

Last Sequoia on Earth is an audiovisual exercise in “both can exist,” normalizing dichotomy and uncertainty. This work addresses and mourns the weighty reality of environmental collapse while simultaneously presenting a space for both creators and viewers to escape that same reality. Created via call and response between visual artist Kerry St. Laurent and audio artist Adam Michael Kozak, this work embodies both isolation through individual process and connection through collaboration. The aleatoric quality of improvised electronic music interacts with footage of nature and ink manipulation. This immersive installation invites the viewer to physically step out of a familiar environment into one both sorrowful and soothing, connective and disruptive, heavy and buoyant.

A full installation of Last Sequoia on Earth exhibited Summer 2024 (Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO) and Fall 2024 (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), and is scheduled to show at the Octagon Gallery in Westfield, NY, Summer 2028. The Chapter One track "Last Sequoia on Earth" is now released in digital and vinyl formats on the album "Waves of Quietus," available on burialgrid.com.