We All Had A Home Once
WE ALL HAD A HOME ONCE, 2023, Ellyn Weiss and Sondra N. Arkin, mixed media on polyester georgette, 19 @ 84"H x 52"W each
These translucent scrims hang like curtains, memories suspended in time. Each suggests a fragment of a life upended, a home abandoned to the whims of a changing climate. They are not walls, but membranes – fragile, echoing with the stories of those displaced.
WE ALL HAD A HOME ONCE shows that climate migration is not a set of statistics, but a collection of human stories. It whispers of doors slammed shut, of dinners half eaten, of the agonizing choice between familiar walls and the unknown horizon.