It’s About Time: A Water Futures + Time Travel Workshop with Simone Johnson

As part of our continued exploration of creative practices engaging with water issues across the West and Southwest, Southwest Contemporary presents a free workshop by Simone Johnson, an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and cultural worker and author of “A Bird’s Eye View: Water Futures in the Colorado River Basin” in Southwest Contemporary Vol. 7—Finding Water in the West.

In this workshop, you will:

• Learn more about Simone’s approach to her water and time travel research focused on the Colorado River Basin.
• Learn how she made a time travel gadget for her essay featured in Southwest Contemporary Vol. 7.
• Make your own time travel gadget as it relates to water and ecologies where you live

Materials needed: What can you use that is lying around where you live? While searching for materials, play with your imagination to see how they can be used. Some ideas include paper, cardboard, fabric, an old tissue box, a fork, a stick from outside, glue, tape, paperclips, string, etc.

Simone Johnson is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and cultural worker mostly making work about water. She is usually based in the Lenapehoking–NYC area, but is currently spending time in the Southwest. She is currently part of an ephemeral merfolk happening where she shares art and writing about mermaids and desert imaginaries, casually researching water and time travel in the Colorado River Basin, and stewarding Water School, an emerging learning space focused on water. Instagram: @waterschool.earth / @sjj.nyc.

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