WARD: Can you introduce yourself?
CASSANDRA: My name is Cassandra Mayela Allen. I am originally from Venezuela, and I've been in New York for the past 11 years. I work mostly with textiles, but I also work in a variety of mediums. I'm really interested in creating a practice that revolves around participatory and communal social work.
WARD: For Slow Forest, you're sharing a piece of “BRAIDED PRAYER I” [2024], and you have a participatory performance guiding it through the piece. How do you think the setting of Slow Forest will change the context of that work?
CASSANDRA: Well, as you know, I'm currently at Skowhegan, and being here, I'm definitely in nature.
