Photo by John Niekrasz

Perpetual Care looks closely through a loupe at lichens living on cemetery stones and considers how interspecies knowledge, respect and tending might enable new ways of interacting with sites of human memorialization. Lichens are complex life forms made up of symbiotic relationships between two organisms; fungi and algae or cyanobacteria. Each partner gains abilities by coming into relationship with the other, forming mutualistic, enduring bonds.

On view October 3-29, 2025. New City Arts' Welcome Gallery is open Wednesday-Saturday from 10AM-5PM.