Blending almost imperceptibly into the existing landscape, mother\nature is an ambient sound installation layering two dissonant audio tracks: an archival recording of a humpback whale mother and her baby, captured by ocean expert Annie Crawley; and Lullabye (2023), an artist-manipulated rendition of Rock-a-Bye Baby. Already ominous in its message ("...when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall...), the classic children's nursery song becomes even more haunting when protracted to 10 minutes——devolving from its familiar melody into guttural, monstrous noises. The soundscape alludes to the precarious state of our planet, the overlooked importance of the role of nurturing care, and the narrowing window of time we have to effect changes that will allow future generations to thrive.

For the project’s site-specific iteration for LA Climate Week 2025, the work was installed in two public park locations along the Arroyo Seco LA River Watershed. Visitors to the sites were encouraged to take in their built and natural surroundings, absorbing the sound of mother\nature as it inevitably came into contact with other ambient noises: trees, traffic, birds, helicopters, and so forth.