“Vestige is derived via Middle French from the Latin noun vestigium, meaning "footstep, footprint, or track." Like trace and track, vestige can refer to a perceptible sign made by something that has now passed. Of the three words, vestige is the most likely to apply to a tangible reminder, such as a fragment or remnant of what is past and gone.” Merriam Webster Dictionary. 2019. 

Four poem cards created to memorialise Sarah Blissett’s “Vestiges” walk over the Mere Downs during her SAP residency in 2018. Each time Sarah took something from the earth she returned something to the earth. Two of these poem cards memorialise the items she took from the earth: a feather; an ear of wheat. Two poem cards memorialise the items she returned to the earth: salt & seaweed; carbon. This work reflects on the ongoing and often imbalanced exchange between human and other-than human forms. The words are taken from a larger reflective text written by Sarah Blissett in response to her walk.

Produced by Singing Apple Press. Limited edition of 5. 2018.