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Something Old Something New

This body of work is a narrative depicting the deterioration of an idealized family structure and the struggle to maintain control within uncontrollable chaos. I use metaphors for domesticity and the evolution of a destabilized family life while choosing media that support this concept and aesthetic. Thematically I explore feminist and trauma theory while integrating symbolism into a composition that reveals overt and covert meaning.

The installation Something Old Something New consists of three components: an animation, web, and house sculptures. The animation is comprised of several pen and ink drawings that were then projected onto the floor. The web was created using pastel yarn and spread across the ceiling of a 16'x16' open gallery space . The houses were sculpted from wire, pig intestines, concrete and my wedding dress and tied into the web overhead.