what is slo intent?
photo by cat dorvilus.
slo intent is a project by cat dorvilus, that uses vulnerability as a powerful medium for expression.
why vulnerability?
vulnerability is the essential catalyst for continued growth and healing.
slo intent is a collection of works and curated spaces that invites its audience to slow down and feel. it emphasizes the importance of connecting to self, community, Earth, spirit, and nature. its purpose is to awaken and empower its audience in realizing their innate ability to heal themselves.
slo intent is a response to the effects of oppressive systems rooted in division, the commodification and destruction of Earth, and the severance of our umbilical connection to Earth by colonization, capitalism, and distorted patriarchal ideologies. it is a way of being that recognizes no separation between our nature and that of Earth, reclaiming the truth that we are extensions of Earth—matter animated by spirit.
rooted in alignment with Earth, nature, and spirit, slo intent seeks to disrupt the illusion that we separate from them, while honoring the cultural and ancestral practices of those who came before us.
welcome to slo intent.
for more details or to collaborate please email: CatDorvilus@gmail.com.
who?
photo: Franck Henry
cat dorvilus is an earth worker, multi-disciplinary artist, curator, and community organizer. inspired by nature, vulnerability, and healing, she uses writing, drawing, and curating as her mediums and canvas. her mission is to offer art and curated spaces where healing and vulnerability are honored and celebrated. weaving her love of nature, folklore, myth, culture, and the esoteric to her abstract creations, she invites her audience to the freedom that awaits them if they acquiesce, or surrender, to vulnerability.
born and raised in Miami, FL, to two immigrant parents from Haiti, she left home shortly after dropping out of college, choosing instead to make nature her teacher. for five years, she traveled with a backpack and a tent across much of the continental United States, finding lessons in the redwood forests of Northern California, the North Island of New Zealand, the Big Island of Hawaii, and the beaches of San Diego, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Trinidad. through deepening her connection with nature and the Earth, she was able to finally start confronting and healing the trauma she had been subconsciously been running from.
she settled down in New Orleans in 2017, where she began channeling all she learned from her travels. during her time there, she created naked, an experimental open mic night, Nutrients of the Earth, a wellness brand inspired by nature and holistic farm-to-table, vegan food pop-up, wrote a poetry chapbook titled, wholy be my name, created wolf circle, a sacred gathering for divine feminine energy to be wild and honored in collective, kwè, a documentary series celebrating the brilliance in her community. in addition, she also participated in and facilitated community forums, deepening her commitment to collective healing and vulnerability.
in June 2021, she moved to Brooklyn, New York, where she currently resides. her time there is spent reclaiming her Haitian, African, Indigenous spiritual and cultural practices, through story, myth, folklore, language, herbalism, cooking, and working in harmony with the land.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
“the beauty and the limitation of words is just how little you can truly convey using them.
i think, anyway, language is perhaps but a microcosmic vehicle to aid us towards finding our way to those whom we need no language for – those with a vibrational frequency that has been in harmony to ours for a millennia.
i imagine that maybe that’s the point of life — a gigantic cosmic game of hide n’ seek with your soul’s complements, over and over and over again til you re-member.
til you rejoin. til you become one once more. i find a lot of solace in being called to create, curate, and bring people together so that they can find their harmony, whatever it may be.”