3 minutes
Three-channel video with sound (Marleigh Belsley embedded into textile panels (Olivia DiMichele)
2025
Hold Up The Heavens, The Dwelling Place is a multi-channel video and textile collaboration between artists Marleigh Belsley and Olivia DiMichele. The installation proposes the garden as a site riddled with duality and contradiction. The garden represents an idealized utopia, an abundance yet to come, and encourages tireless, unrelenting pursuit. Inspired by stories of the Garden of the Hesperides and the nymph who dwelt there, the installation references fairytale-like motifs of the golden apple and enchanted trees. Working with hand crafted mediums as textiles and animation, both artists consider how their practices serve as acts of gardening.