Unfurling Blue Carpet Memories

Concept
Unfurling Blue Carpet Memories is a conceptual activation of repressed childhood memories that start as fragmented glimpses—a floral pattern upholstery, a painted wood panel, and a blue carpet. I recreate the narrative through these fragments—what constitutes fiction, facts, and blueprints and how boundaries blur between the real, unreal, constructed, fabricated, deconstructed, and forgotten.If memories are embedded in the body, what do they reveal? These recurring ideas have entered my work, forming the basis of an exploration—even an interrogation—of these fragmented impressions. Unfurling Blue Carpet Memories is an installation that serves as a repository for memories. A dream-like space where my fragmented memories loop seamlessly through a blue tufted carpet and printed patterns from archived family photographs and blueprints into a tapestry of memories.
Material
Pine lumber
paint
print on vellum
glass
silk chiffon
cinder blocks
peony flowers
blue tape
carbonized paper
paint can and drop-cloth
10ft x 8.5ft
2024