Installation

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Projection of Disconnection - Living Installation Room, 207 Mitchell | Projector, image carousel, living room, household objects | Dimensions variable | 2020

I had just moved into my first apartment out of college with a mutual friend, and the COVID-19 lockdown was still fresh in my memory. I transitioned into a weird summer of not knowing how to proceed, both because of the pandemic and because of graduating into a world that wasn’t hiring. This installation followed one I did in my Senior year and became a continuation of the Projection of Disconnection series. This was a loop featuring a Zoom screenshot from the day we gave our Senior Studio Final talks, an image from my Senior Honors Gallery that never got to have an opening talk or reception, and a screenshot of the word "revealing" scrambled into repeated gibberish in a computer document malfunction, highlighting how scrambled yet profoundly calm my life felt at the time.

Dirty, Clean | Found flora, bathroom sink and shower, kitchen sink | Dimensions variable | 2020

I was thinking about how green spaces outside are a clean, safe place and showers and sinks are also a cleansing or safe zone inside the house. I'm interested in the juxtaposition between these things that have both clean and dirty qualities about them. Grass and nature are associated with health and growth, but the clumps of earth they're attached to and grow from are quite literally dirty. Showers and sinks, which are in the business of cleaning, often build up different residues and things that make them feel dirty or unsanitary, even though they are regularly soapy. I'm also interested in the visual disgust of these things being in the same space coexisting with the beauty of the forms themselves.

Projection of Disconnection - Living Installation Room, 312 Rosewood | Projector, living room, household items, lamp | Dimensions variable | 2020

At the time, I was ending my senior year living in a 6-person apartment but completely by myself after most everyone was forced off campus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown. It was way too much space for just myself and I found myself feeling very isolated when most people were socially isolating with their families. I found myself spending time alone in a space I had previously found community in, so I created an immersive installation. I played with the visual tension of warm and cool colors, a disconnected projector constantly searching for a signal, a traffic cone with a 6 foot radius, and a feeling of discomfort for when healthy distance for the common good comes at an individual price.

Social Distance | Rope light, traffic cone, found objects, bedroom | Dimensions variable | 2020

I set up this 6 foot wide installation spelling Social Distance as the COVID-19 lockdown started. Day after day while stuck in my solo apartment I watched Social Distance change yet also stay stagnant, alongside the protocols for COVID-19 that danced between definitions of safety.

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Threefold | Scrap wood, nails, skylight | Dimensions variable | 2020

I took broken half-painted scrap wood and built three non-weight-bearing interlocking ladders which were installed in the skylight space between the second and third floor of the Buchwald Center.