Heather Kapplow

Dirt Bath is inspired by the kinds of baths that birds take in dirt, and by an impulse that letting people immerse themselves sensorially in the smells and textures of topsoil, within the sterile context of a contemporary art museum, might be grounding during post-Covid-lockdown days, and have therapeutic qualities related to the contemplation of personal mortality.

Produced collaboratively with Walker Tufts at ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum in August 2021 as a part of an ARoS Public artist residency.

Dirt Bath is part of an ongoing series of projects that utilize queer sensibilities to investigate dirtyness called Dirty Time.

Photo credit: Heather Kapplow