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is based on research around a disinvested neighborhood in Cincinnati, OH, where the affects of gentrification, urban renewal, highway construction, and absentee landlords grow more and more stark. Many buildings have rot into demolition status, and boarded up doors and windows have been painted to appear colorful and occupied. This use of architectural trompe l’oeil is especially confounding, concealing the reality of vacancy and the historical conditions that led to it.
This body of work consists of woven tarps based on those portals and forms drawn from construction barricades, large safety objects used to section off “in progress” spaces. Colour and bright patterns offset the subject of vacancy. Various works are also drawn from sites in other cities, depicting graffitied plywood and safety object markers. All these signifiers are ubiquitous to urban landscapes across the US, where many of the peripheral details about our built environment hold specific narratives, but are interconnected as constellations of similar social failures.
Stairwell Moon, 2020
Cotton and tencel and wool, embossed screenprint of ada tile, wood
14 x 5.5 x 4“
Stairwell Moon, 2020
Cotton and tencel and wool, embossed screenprint of ada tile, wood
14 x 5.5 x 4“
Salsa Verde Brick Cairn, 2022
Cotton, metal grommets
46 x 70”
the dust continues to scurry into the spotlight, 2018
Handwoven textile with cotton and polyester
46 x 28"
Pomelo Rind Huaxiang
Embossed screenprint on paper, cotton, wood, felt
30 × 15 × 8 “
2022
Pomelo Rind Huaxiang
Embossed screenprint on paper, cotton, wood, felt
30 × 15 × 8 “
2022
Pomelo Rind Huaxiang
Embossed screenprint on paper, cotton, wood, felt
30 × 15 × 8 “
2022
Cinnamon Dirt, 2022
Cotton, metal grommets
46 x 70”
Crabapple Gutter, 2020
Cotton and tencel and wool, embossed screenprint of ada tile, wood
6.5 x 5.5 x 4“
Soft Rind Bitter Skin, 2022
Cotton, metal grommets
30 x 46”
Plastic Sunday, 2020
Cotton and tencel and wool, embossed screenprint of ada tile, wood
8 x 5.5 x 5”
Singed Earth, 2022
Digitally woven textile, screenprint on paper, wood
12.5 x 11 x 36 inches
Singed Earth, 2022
Digitally woven textile, screenprint on paper, wood
12.5 x 11 x 36 inches
Fruitblue 2
Cotton and wool
29 x 14 inches
2021
Fruitblue 2
Cotton and wool
29 x 14 inches
2021
Fruitblue 1
Cotton and wool
29 x 26 inches
2021