SHE WISHED TO REMAIN
House fragments, domestic objects, glass, moss
2023
165" x 104" x 108"
The threshold implies an invitation, a right to be somewhere, or the possibility of being barred entry. Am I welcome here? Will this place change me or will I remain the same? The mouth is the threshold of the body. From it comes language, with its internal limitations on what can be said and thought, not unlike the home that returns to us no matter how earnestly we try to escape. The body holds us captive as much as it enables our movement. In sickness, states of abandon, and heightened awareness an unsettling occurs and we begin to reckon with ourselves and the pleasure and displeasure of our discontinuous existence.
Remember that the child's first laugh is a cry that is interrupted by the reappearance of the beloved (Ha-!). To be swept into the tornado. to run towards the very thing I am afraid of, and engage with my own powerlessness is the starting point from which I can confront the systems that surveil and count bodies but do not provide shelter unless certain conditions are met.
House fragments, domestic objects, glass, moss
2023
165" x 104" x 108"
The threshold implies an invitation, a right to be somewhere, or the possibility of being barred entry. Am I welcome here? Will this place change me or will I remain the same? The mouth is the threshold of the body. From it comes language, with its internal limitations on what can be said and thought, not unlike the home that returns to us no matter how earnestly we try to escape. The body holds us captive as much as it enables our movement. In sickness, states of abandon, and heightened awareness an unsettling occurs and we begin to reckon with ourselves and the pleasure and displeasure of our discontinuous existence.
Remember that the child's first laugh is a cry that is interrupted by the reappearance of the beloved (Ha-!). To be swept into the tornado. to run towards the very thing I am afraid of, and engage with my own powerlessness is the starting point from which I can confront the systems that surveil and count bodies but do not provide shelter unless certain conditions are met.
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The Body, House of Souvenirs
Wood, paper, ink, light bulb
12.5" x 13" x 64"
2023
Wood, paper, ink, light bulb
12.5" x 13" x 64"
2023
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The Closet
Wood, fiberglass, plexiglass, moving image (digital)
7" x 3.5"
2023
Wood, fiberglass, plexiglass, moving image (digital)
7" x 3.5"
2023
The Welcome Mat
Acrylic paint, coir mat
18" x 30" x 5/8"
2023
Acrylic paint, coir mat
18" x 30" x 5/8"
2023
The Television
75" x 60" x 31"
2023
75" x 60" x 31"
2023
MFA thesis exhibition at California Institute of the Arts
SHE WISHED TO REMAIN
2023
Fabrication by Kristofor Giordano
Photo documentation by Malte Saenger
Video coloration by Matt Wells
SHE WISHED TO REMAIN
2023
Fabrication by Kristofor Giordano
Photo documentation by Malte Saenger
Video coloration by Matt Wells