“This is my home, this is my only way, this is my only way home.”

PNW Bio-Anchor, is a work within a series of ecologically outdoor sculptural artworks called Bio-Anchors. Bio-Anchors are culturally and site specific, use natural local materials, and are intended to break down whilst being activated by non-human beings (fauna and flora) in the process, and each create a healthier carbon footprint in their decomposition. Bio-Anchors challenge the current 'outdoor public art status quo' in regard to materiality, purpose, antiquity, and permanence by centering Indigenous philosophies of non- human exceptionalism and supporting the interconnectedness of all beings. This PNW Bio-Anchor is made to attract and allow the local fauna and flora to flourish and reasserts Indigenous peoples rightful place in the Art World, public presence, and our Land.

About the artist:

Indigenous/French Intermedia artist Megita Denton hails from Texas and spent many years embedded in the Pacific Northwest region and cultures. Born on her grandmother's couch in Galveston, Texas in 1979, Denton has been living and creating unconventionally ever since. Her intermedia practice is grounded in the land, motivated by connection, and envisioned for positive social impact. Denton’s recent site-specific public works are the next evolution of a practice that includes film, sound, metal and mixed media sculpture, painting, woodworking, fiber arts, photography, projections, large scale public murals, performance, light composition, resilient landscape design, and artistic research.