Sueño,2020, 58 in. x 60 in. Falda Folklólrica, Printed Chiffon, Scanned Prints, Site-Specific Installation
“Pensamiento de un momento que recuerdo, era un sueño”
At the start of the Hyde Park Winter Bridge program, I wanted to challenge myself to push my collages in a physical space and do more material exploration. I came upon this lavender falda folklórica from my move back to Chicago and it gave me the starting point to create that push and pull false illusion with multiple printed textures. I used a scan of the actual skirt and had it printed on chiffon to have transparency to play with your eye, and had magazine clippings of the skirts enlarged and printed with a strip of text wrapping around the work to emulate the ribbons of the skirt. This work was meant to be installed in a gallery but now I can not envision it being installed anywhere else but outside, in my backyard. Creating a space outside gave me more freedom to play around with the layout and create that piece in time, building it layer by layer.
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