Essentials Creative

Light on walls. Words in public space. Two years ago we brought projections to SXSW with & centering bodily autonomy, data freedom, and the right to move without being tracked.

📍 Austin, TX — SXSW 2024

Ōme, West Tokyo. The indigo workshop at Kosoen.

Sukumo, wood ash lye, sake, wheat bran, lime. Stirred twice daily. The smell, funky, alive. When the dye grows old, it feeds the garden. They eat what grows in that soil.

We took our fabric on the train home. Some high school girls looked around, asked each other if someone smelled. We didn’t say anything. Just waited for our stop.

We’re joining the AUS Open House to share space with Austin, collecting stories of plants, places, and patterns that hold meaning. What grows in your memory? What colors feel like yours? Your responses will shape the imagery, palette, and spirit of a new public artwork at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

Wednesday, January 28 → 4-7 PM
Carver Library, 1161 Angelina St

Fill out a plant story card. Leave it with us. Watch it grow into something new.