2020. Fabric, chain, concrete.

Bedsheets, synthetic yarn, craft store beads, chain, and cement, my current installation is composed of pieces constructed with leftover fabric, elements created as excuses to keep my hands busy, and material I have been drawn to accumulate over the last year. This sculptural work exists in visual relation to the projection occurring in the back room of the space. The film is a multi-layered stop motion focusing on the local Appalachian landscapes experienced through movement.

In this installation, the rag rug is central. A rag rug is made of fabric scraps tied and looped together. It represents the end of individual clothing’s life cycle and functional repurposing. Both the cement forms and the hanging forms started as rag rugs. I wanted to play with gravity and simple interventions. Made by draping or hanging, the relationship between these forms contrasts stagnancy and ethereality.