Bridget Moser, My Crops Are Dying But My Body Persists (2020). Installation view, Like everything alive that we try to hold forever, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2026. (Photo: Kelly Hendrickson)

Installation view, Like everything alive that we try to hold forever, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2026. (Photo: Kelly Hendrickson)

Sondra Perry, IT’S IN THE GAME ‘17 (2017). Installation view, Like everything alive that we try to hold forever, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2026. (Photo: Kelly Hendrickson)

Larry Achiampong and Larry David, Dust to Data (2021). Installation view, Like everything alive that we try to hold forever, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2026. (Photo: Kelly Hendrickson)

Diane Borsato, Artifacts in My Mouth (2003). Installation view, Like everything alive that we try to hold forever, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2026. (Photo: Kelly Hendrickson)

Stephanie Dinkins, Conversations with Bina48: Fragments 7, 6, 5, 2 (2014- Ongoing). Installation view, Like everything alive that we try to hold forever, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2026. (Photo: Kelly Hendrickson)

Miya Turnbull, Self Portrait Masks (2005 - 2023), Origami Self Portraits (2021 - 2023), Self Portrait with Skin Suit Mask Variation #6 (2024), Self Portrait with Skin Suit Mask Variation #11 (2024), and Self Portrait with Skin Suit Mask Variation #12 (2024). Installation view, Like everything alive that we try to hold forever, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2026. (Photo: Kelly Hendrickson)