About

Vero always felt closest to him between his negatives and her projections. Without even knowing it, she took up all the hobbies and collections he used to have: film, writing, photography, coins, elephants. For years, Vero was almost receiving his communications, and then one day, it appears — a greeting, an email breaks through to this dimension. Larry’s invention finally works, but what will they do with it?

This project is a multimedia conversation between Vero and her grandpa, Larry. Sometimes Larry is an in-person ghost communicating the old fashioned way (objects falling, speaking through hummingbirds, a cool breeze). And sometimes he's a remote, sending emails and texts through the ether. (Either way, it’s all energy moving matter.) Though they never met in the flesh, now they talk in poetry, a language both the living and dead speak. Larry becomes Vero’s most trusted confidant. Together they scheme to merge technology and spirit.

About Grandpa Larry

On Earth, Lawrence (b. 1930) was a father, husband, artist, and the Midwest Director of the UFO Information service. He served in Korea. He made money in the Chicago Sears Tower as a radio/tv producer. Currently, he haunts his granddaughter, Vero, in hopes of collaborating.

Acknowledgements

This project is rooted in the mentorship I received while apprenticing author Aurora Levins Morales in Puerto Rico, and for her big star map, I'm forever grateful.

If you want a deeper sense of whose work has impacted me, check out my are.na.