Helices
mapping a shared genome of creativity
CREATING
IN SPIRALS
The name Helices, the plural of “helix,” references both the structure of DNA and the word “Ulysses,” the hero of the epic poem The Odyssey. The name was chosen to evoke both a mythic journey and the twining, creative, evolutionary nature of the work. Helices includes 2D and 3D visual art, writing, songwriting, music production, and videography.
12 movements, 2 crossing threads
of provocation & response
The project is structured into twelve movements, each roughly two weeks long. Each movement culminates in a “cross” (the strands of the spiral coming together), where the artists exchange and discuss whatever responses they have created to the previous cross. This process of provocation, response, and switch is repeated each movement.
In the meantime, the second helix spirals the other way (Binda 1 > Jenny 2 > Binda 3 > etc.)
Both threads begin with our initial meeting, when Binda first proposed the project.