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Desire Line (2020 - ongoing)
I have long been fascinated with the subject of architecture: how it defines, dictates and determines behavior, how it reinforces social stereotypes, concretizes or transmutes gender norms and most importantly, governs our relationship to self. These spaces, the physical spaces we occupy as persons and members of society, are not passive, imparting an undeniable influence on our ‘internalized architecture’ or sense of being. I am equally interested in the psyche and how philosophical thought constructs—in both its linguistic and historical formations—our perception of the world and our place within it. It is within this framework of interest that while working in Mexico City where I now reside, I’ve found myself drawn to the psychic weight of the city’s various barrios and their disappearing regional infrastructure. The resulting ongoing project is titled Desire Line.
The series uses traditional materials of textile and ceramics, along with photo-collage and installation related practices, as a means of archiving collective memory; as a subtle and poetic critique of erasure, decay, gentrification and greed. The designs for the objects are acquired through performative means which take me into the streets of Mexico City where, using recent real-estate inventory and proposed city planning as a starting point, I conduct interviews with local residents currently living in the areas of Centro undergoing rapid gentrification. Through the slow but rewarding process of relationship building, I learn about their local neighborhoods, how these spaces have changed, what the current political situation looks like, and the language they use to describe their experience of ‘place.' I then take archeological rubbings of the various sites under threat of demolition where, in my studio, they are reworked into large-scale collages that form the designs for the series’ multidisciplinary objects. Together these works form an abstract 'map' that outlines the neighborhoods and architectural sites where gentrification (in the guise of progressive development) poses the greatest threat to the city's disappearing spaces and peoples.
I have long been fascinated with the subject of architecture: how it defines, dictates and determines behavior, how it reinforces social stereotypes, concretizes or transmutes gender norms and most importantly, governs our relationship to self. These spaces, the physical spaces we occupy as persons and members of society, are not passive, imparting an undeniable influence on our ‘internalized architecture’ or sense of being. I am equally interested in the psyche and how philosophical thought constructs—in both its linguistic and historical formations—our perception of the world and our place within it. It is within this framework of interest that while working in Mexico City where I now reside, I’ve found myself drawn to the psychic weight of the city’s various barrios and their disappearing regional infrastructure. The resulting ongoing project is titled Desire Line.
The series uses traditional materials of textile and ceramics, along with photo-collage and installation related practices, as a means of archiving collective memory; as a subtle and poetic critique of erasure, decay, gentrification and greed. The designs for the objects are acquired through performative means which take me into the streets of Mexico City where, using recent real-estate inventory and proposed city planning as a starting point, I conduct interviews with local residents currently living in the areas of Centro undergoing rapid gentrification. Through the slow but rewarding process of relationship building, I learn about their local neighborhoods, how these spaces have changed, what the current political situation looks like, and the language they use to describe their experience of ‘place.' I then take archeological rubbings of the various sites under threat of demolition where, in my studio, they are reworked into large-scale collages that form the designs for the series’ multidisciplinary objects. Together these works form an abstract 'map' that outlines the neighborhoods and architectural sites where gentrification (in the guise of progressive development) poses the greatest threat to the city's disappearing spaces and peoples.
