ABOUT

GA-THE-RING is an interactive installation inspired by the consciousness of memory—personal, collective, and ancestral. Like the growth rings of a tree, our experiences accumulate in quiet layers. Often invisible to the world, they shape our inner landscapes—etched into mind, body, heart, and imagination.

This piece invites viewers to become co-creators. Participants contribute short stories, memories, or dedications—written, drawn, or spoken—that are then transformed into visual “rings” in the installation. Over the course of the exhibition, these rings form a communal tree, an evolving archive of resilience, love, grief, migration, and connection.

Presented during Día de los Muertos, GA-THE-RING becomes a living altar—honoring the dead not only through remembrance, but through active storytelling. Each ring becomes a threshold, a shared act of visibility, where the individual merges with the collective. The tree becomes a witness to the stories we carry, especially those often erased—those of women, immigrants, elders, and communities in resistance.