maybe it always disintegrates

maybe it always disintegrates (everything fucking dies) is a raw meditation on death through a displaced reflection on the artist’s confrontation with the decay of a wild boar, photography, collection of natural objects, and an artist book. maybe it always disintegrates (everything fucking dies) was gathered and the video shot on Ossabaw Island, a sea island off the coast of Savannah, GA. Stumbling upon a dead wild boar, one of many that roam the island, the video pays witness to its decaying body. While back home in Atlanta, GA, I reviewed the footage with my dog, my companion Belle, meditating on my experiences of death through the boar’s. The separation of the screen, in the comfort of my own home with my companion, enabled me to finally get angry and then process the truth that everything fucking dies.

Installation view of Meredith Kooi, maybe it always disintegrates (everything fucking dies) at Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia in 2018