Pickett, born in Louisiana and living in New Orleans, creates in a city that’s on the brink of environmental destruction and acts as a harbinger of climate change around the globe. Off-grid living, underground mutual aid, and alternative networks of care have a strong presence in Pickett’s research and work. Often, Pickett’s titles serve as instructional guides, warnings, and tools. Ranging from Flotation Devices to How to Stay Alive, Pickett’s works offer the viewer the chance to reflect on what it would mean to embrace the direction that we’re headed in, and all that might be necessary to live, thrive, and find beauty.