Meko utilizes metaphors for the historical process through which African-American heritage can be rediscovered through lines of descent. This heritage is preserved by honoring the ancestral lineage through which it came 鈥 in this case, using cast-iron skillets as metaphor for the extra heavy weight of Blackness. This ongoing assemblage series also considers generational wealth and the oral narrative of recipe and food traditions of the Black South. SHE is a large scale, site specific sculptural sound work that plays Alice Coltrane's ER RA alongside a water feature that vocalizes its presence within a sculpted fountain.