rhombus: cradling Mars west of the Sargasso Sea

2017, digital video, color, sound, 01:50. Courtesy of the artist and Nina Johnson, Miami.

Sabur performs a ritual on the northeast coast of Florida in Anastasia State Park, located west of the Sargasso Sea, a region of the North Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre. Sabur describes the rhombus shape as an extension of her body, it is a symbol that has accumulated meaning over the years and through her practice. In this work the rhombus is used to cradle Mars, the solar system planet that was easily visible to her at dawn without an optical aid and that has been watched by our ancestors since time immemorial.