This piece focuses on the difference between past and present in rural Appalachia. 

I created a window into a time that no longer exists by recording my great-great aunt Mary-Nell describing the path she followed from the family home in Bluff City to Silver Grove Lutheran Church in the 30’s. The artwork is an Mp3 meant to lead the viewer on that walk.

Her memories about church, childhood, and the changing landscape accompany her directions as the walk progresses, enabling the viewer to transcend the present and experience the environment as it used to be.

Transposed to today’s landscape, her walk begins on Harrington Hollow Road and ends at the intersection of Weaver Pike and Old Silver Grove Road; a path of approximately 1 mile. 


Lily Horton

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