Blood Makes the Grass Grow examines the landscapes of North Carolina, weaving together battlefield memorials with a lasting military call and response:

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What makes the grass grow?
Blood, blood, blood!
Who makes the blood flow?
We do!, we do!, we do!

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This ritual, deeply embedded in warrior culture, serves as a lens through which the project unpacks the entanglement of violence and collective identity within the American experience. Supported by the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the work invites a reconsideration of the narratives that shape collective memory, urging viewers to confront the lasting legacies of conflict and commemoration, both within today’s military and through its historical impact of conquest and colonialism on this land.