SHE WISHED TO REMAIN 
House fragments, domestic objects, glass, wedding dress, false wall, moss 
2023
165" x 104" x 108"

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The Body, House of Souvenirs
Wood, paper, ink, light bulb
12.5" x 13" x 64"
2023

​The Closet
Wood, fiberglass, plexiglass, moving image (digital) 
7" x 3.5"
2023

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The Welcome Mat
Acrylic paint, coir mat
​18" x 30" x 5/8"
​​2023

The Television: No Moon Tonight
CRT television, carpet, DV & digital video
75" x 60" x 31"
2023

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 are forced 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 and engage with my own powerlessness is the point from which I can confront the systems that surveil and count bodies but do not provide shelter unless certain conditions are met.

MFA thesis exhibition at California Institute of the Arts
SHE WISHED TO REMAIN
2023
Fabrication led by Kristofor Giordano
Photo documentation by Malte Saenger
Video documentation by Greg Jenkins
Video coloration by Matt Wells

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