#, 2024

Mixed media (charcoal, road dust, tar, ink, acrylic, jacquard metallic powder, mineral pigment, pastel, pea gravel) on canvas.

One in a suite of garments made following the results of the 2024 election. Explores the idea of wearing an experience in the form of apparel. In a parallel to the emotional impact. these pieces inquire about the ways the garment inhibits/encourages movement, covers/exposes the body, provides an experience of load/weightlessness. This particular piece was the first in the suite and was made in response to the heavyness of receiving the election results. Filled with pea gravel on inner pockets it weighs fifty pounds when worn.