Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, March 25th to March 30th
discarded mesh produce bags, steel wire
135 x 66cm; 127 x 64cm
rice bags, thread, mesh, steel wire
305 x 295cm
Senior undergraduate thesis project centered around the life cycle of materials — their before and after, who interacts with them and how. The project actively engages in a cycle of continuity, from materials procured for function and transformed into an object assigned with a purpose, to being ghosts of their former use. I examined how the materials properties align with their function — aeration, opacity, light sensitivity, durability, flexibilty — and stretched these variables, manipulating them with the natural tension of steel wire.
Stitching these meshes together created natural divets, serving as a direct encapsulation of the community I sourced these forever fibers from. These fibers are an embodiment of the past, present, and future of use, reuse, and reimagining.
This exhibition is the result of a two semester critique-based Art Studio Thesis tutorial and was awarded honors by Wesleyan University Art Studio Faculty.