AIR @ The Soil Factory

The Soil Factory welcomes Leslie Rogers! You may remember prior visits from Leslie, in which we produced a wild whirlwind of milkweed seeds in the warehouse (and now they’re growing all over the parking lot)... Leslie’s coming back with a dinner party spectacular that engages the Soil Factory’s very poopiest inclinations.

Leslie is an artist living and practicing in Detroit, but working in Boston at Tufts University teaching fibers, sculpture, performance, and community collaboration. She loves quilting, puppetry, and solving her problems for free with weeds from the yard. She grew up in Vestal, NY and spent many truant high school days in the early 2000’s under a pseudonym swimming nude in Ithaca’s gorges with a gaggle of friends.

From Leslie: “On August 22nd & 23rd, please join me for I Pooped the Seeds for the Food, a dinner performance. I pooped the seeds. I retrieved the seeds from my poop. I grew the seeds. I harvested the vegetables. I prepared the vegetables in a culinary way. I invite you to eat the food. There was science involved. You poop seeds too, and actually some of them would prefer it that way. I will tell you all about it. You may decide to start your own poop garden the very next day.”

Leslie will share an artist talk, project presentation, & solicit volunteer participation on Tuesday August 12, 6:30-8pm! Leslie will present a bit about her practice and how this project fits into it. Leslie says: “This dinner will be fun! It will run kind of like a play! There are movements and transitions! There is a lot of running around pouring drinks! Hopefully even music! I would love a lil’ gaggle of volunteers who want to be a part of the poopiest catering dinner theater gig of their lives! Or might help in a simple way, like bring rice! or ice!”