2022

Avery Cather is a video artist and photographer attending Emerson College in Boston, MA. Her practice is centered around grief, memory embedded in spaces, and ephemera. While it may be hard to accept life transitions and change, her art is fueled by transformation. Cather’s practice shifted from narrative and linear forms of storytelling to immersive and experimental ones after her grandfather’s death in 2022. She moved to Boston a month later, beginning to process the grief using projection, and then progressing into virtual reality, game design, sculpture, and performance. Using techniques from her background in dance and film, she uses the body and technology to bend mediums, expressing emotion and creating an embodied experience throughout her entire process. She dedicates her days to practicing active listening, reflection, and compassion.