Whisper the Waves the Wind (1988)

In todays youthoriented society the experience and knowledge of older women is typically unheralded and neglected Countering these ideas is Suzanne Lacys Whisper The Waves The Winda performance evoking and reinforcing the strong spiritual and physical beauty of older women Lacy says They reminded me of the place where the ocean meets shoreline Their bodies were growing older wrinkled But what I saw was the rock in them solid with the presence of the years washing over them This tape is a document of that performance