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Cutting through barriers
Permanent installation at The Works Atlanta.
“Cutting Through Barriers” draws attention to the role of the fence in dividing people to generate and experience new possibilities.
As an immigrant who has dived into different cultures, my practice is informed by ideas of global migration and contemporary identity formation. I create sculptures and installations that use wire mesh sculptures, line delimitation, and the concept of spatial division to underline the production, the impact and the potential crossing of social, economic and political boundaries. Making use of a reduced visual language, geometry, perspective, and illusionary boundaries create ambivalence and doubt in the spatial composition to challenge our sense of belonging in the space. The semi-transparent quality of the wire mesh sculptures carries a confusing presence revealing issues of alienation as a psychological condition of the global subject. Elements of constant movement, a strong sense of duplicity, and sharp spatial boundaries aim to a visual metaphor of the invisible boundaries of cross-cultural identities.