Across the Arabic sphere, the astrolabe and quadrant, often engraved with the latitude of Mecca, place the divine centrally within the science of cosmology. I find the methodology of pilgrimage, with its profound connection between cosmology, landscape, and spirit, particularly compelling.

My navigational instruments emerged from a pilgrimage where I undertook slow navigation toward Mecca across Aotearoa and Australia, using self-made devices to determine my relationship to Southern Hemisphere stars. This work allowed me to speculate on how a pilgrim might operate from an unknown future location and how they could be supported in journeying through space.

Our current connection to space often feels distant, largely controlled by Western science and astronomy. My copper sculptures imagine a new environment, moving beyond the space industry's colonial language of frontier and extraction. I aim for a relationship with space imbued with the sacred, place-making and relationality.