Spirits of the Flowers Keep Watch
Jean/ne and Me: Spirits of the Flowers Keep Watch
This began as a story about a French herbswoman, Jeanne Barret Dubernat (1740-1807) who, disguised as a man, became the first woman to circumnavigate the world.
This is a story about stories. About who gets to tell our stories. Our histories.
This is a story about nature, about loss and beauty. Always beauty. Our beauties.
This is a visual, nonlinear, chronology of Jeanne's journey. Through text and poetry, still and moving images, and hours of research, I have created what no one knew existed, her notes.
7.27.1740.20.4.5.10.1759.19.2.33.21.2.1762.3.1764.5.5.24.361.2.1765.60,000.12.15.1766.2.01.1766.102.33.4.116.11.108.2.330.0.26.2.27.1767.1,000s.401,000s.30.350.54.80.24.4.1768.1st.7.6.3.1768.7.1768.4.11.01.16.3.1769.3.5