UNDERBODY
Site specific installation, 2019
cotton, synthetic fur, terry cloth,synthetic hair extensions, iron
By queer culture we mean a world-making project, where “world” like “public” differs from community or group because it necessarily includes more people than can be identified, more spaces than can be mapped beyond a few reference points, modes of feeling that can be learned rather than experienced as a birthright. — Lauren Berlant and Machael Warner, Sex in Public
In the project “Underbody,” I worked with basic patterns of under garments and pads. Each piece was changed by a little gesture and got a new definition and sexual perspective. I am interested in the function and its connection to gender, how is sexuality inherent in the design itself? Who benefits from the design? The body or the gaze? I deal with questions about sexuality and gender roles. Every choice I make matters in the redesign of the objects. By changing just one line in the pattern of a tank top or a tidy whitey, the object has a different manner. The gaze is reversed, the function and the consumer are now questionable. The little shifting in the construction process changes the context.
