FLAG Foundation’s Spotlight series includes a new or never-before-exhibited artwork paired with a commissioned piece of writing, creating focused and thoughtful conversations between the visual arts and authors, critics, poets, scholars, and beyond. In this iteration, the Spotlight features Jesse Mockrin’s A story told this many times becomes the forest, 2025. The title of the work comes from the poem Daphne pursued by Apollo by Sophia Stid (2020). A text by author Carmen Maria Machado accompanies the presentation.