Noyes Studio Projects

Noyes Studio Projects explores grief, memory, and healing through collaborative, interdisciplinary work that connects human bodies, bodies of water, and living beings, emphasizing their interdependence. By treating emotion as material, the studio reframes mourning as a path toward resilience, empathy, and purposeful action.

My current project, “The Booth,” creates space for grief in public life. Its vintage phone booth, installed in a public space, offers a brief, private moment for people to speak about loss, sorrow, anger, or unresolved emotional weight. The booth acts as a threshold, making grief visible in communal spaces where it remains largely unspoken.

Water, a recurring element in my practice, functions as both content and metaphor. Inside the booth, water appears alongside voices in a soundscape that moves from calm lakes and seas to powerful waterfalls. This sonic environment reflects how grief moves through the body in waves, pausing and returning. As participants speak, their words enter this field, making personal expression feel shared rather than isolated.

When the booth door opens, the sound of water spills into the surrounding space. This subtle release extends the experience outward without exposing the speaker’s words. What remains is the act of having spoken. The work foregrounds articulation rather than resolution, acknowledging that grief has no closure and is often unspectacular. The Booth is an interactive public space for vulnerability, reflection, and quiet endurance.

This project is in its middle stages. I am seeking partners and funding to complete the final phase. Stronger fiscal support will help complete public programming and strengthen the overall project.