Artist Statement
I’m interested in text as sites of disclosure and declaration that blur and complicate the distinction between public and private. I collect and reorganize select texts, including legal documents, government memoranda, and written and spoken words by figures in positions of power, and create patterns in the intersections between reproductive rights, misogyny, and questions of race and class, while injecting stories and formal interventions to disrupt the dominant narrative. Many of my artworks, whether in the form of a virtual reality or experimental textiles, function as alternative archives that center and connect the voices of those in the margins while highlighting the systemic limitations and the subversive potential of language and speech. In my recent practice, weaving has become a visual and tactile manifestation of the analytical and methodical process of coding, allowing viewers to access my work in a wide range of registers, from meditative and analytical to interactive and immersive.
Warp and Weft 05, 2022, Hand-woven paper tapestry, 81" x 250", commissioned and premiered at the 2022 Art on Paper art fair. Photo by Steven Mygind Pedersen