ДОМ
Project type:
Thesis work
Date:
2023
My childhood home, its foundation dismantled thread by thread in an attempt to disembody the structure. The only window illuminated is my bedroom, upon which I project the warm feeling of belonging that still ties me to it. I cant come back.
Details
Metal cage/corset opens up on tiny door hinges on one side and laces up on the other. The edges of the structure are secured using the millinery technique of wrapping wire.
Materials:
Cotton gauze, graphite, glass beads
The beaded window on the top floor is the one that used to be my childhood bedroom. out of the window a string of golden beads reaches for the sky. To me it represents that disembodied connection that still ties me to the place. That memory of having a family, a home and a place where I wasn't yet an immigrant.
The bottom quarter of the garment is carefully distressed. I pulled individual threads from the warp and weft of the fabric in an attempt to weaken it. I wanted to emphasize the bodylessness of the building and the fear of the memory wasting away.
INSTALLATION
This installation was on location. And for the location, I chose an abandoned parking lot underneath the elevated train tracks.
It fits well with the theme of the passage of time with rusty and overgrown metal structures. And the fence echoed nicely the structure of the cage.
Sunlight was playing off the sheer fabric occasionally lighting up my window. And the wind was gently pushing the house giving it the illusion of breath.
