“humbleabode”

My interactive installation, “humbleabode”  uses cardboard, spray paint, and lo-fi aesthetics, challenging what is deemed worthy in art spaces. All while asking questions along the lines of stability, comfort and the temporality of home.  Are these always components? Do they have to be?  I often use my craft as a form of therapy, pushing uncomfortable conversations with myself while bringing vulnerabilities into physicality. Oh, the magic of taking something that brings you pain and shame, only to find some pride and peace in its recreation. I can then detach a part of myself to share with the audience. The weight is no longer solely mine to carry, and this project is no different. As much as “humbleabode” is partially an immersive behavior experiment, challenging art standards and etiquette. In its conceptual details, it is a space I have ultimately created to reconnect with my childhood and complex feelings towards home.

The idea for this installation has lived for many years now, but it has coincidentally never been more relevant. My house, no longer my home, is just “the place I grew up”. My childhood, now 6 feet under a new coat of paint. But aren't I always growing? I know now more than ever of the fragility of home, the anxiety of instability and change. I have been fortuitous enough to know love and comfort within the home, and I cling onto every inch I can take.  It is my dream to expand and create an entire house, each room through my artistic lens. Blurring the gallery and domestic. I hope to make a space where people truly feel comfortable and invited to reflect and enjoy themselves. This is just the beginning..