Gallery > The Worn series

This body of work explores the ways in which patterns shape our lives – more specifically, the ways in which constructions of memory, experience, and gender are embodied in the domestic landscape and, in this case, carried on and in the body.

Our choice of clothing is often centered on the necessities of functionality or comfort. But on a personal level, clothing is a marker of identity, shaping how others see us. The garments we choose help us to perform for the world, representing aspects like status, cultural traditions, conformity/nonconformity, attraction/repulsion, gender presentation, or a need to stand out, hide, or disguise ourselves.

Over time, particular pieces of clothing may gain favor by repeatedly satisfying one or more of these identity strategies. They help us connect the vision of ourselves, or the vision we want for ourselves, with the person others see. Some articles of clothing may even become iconic, imbued with the special memories or feelings that we attach to them which can allow them to stand in place of the actual body.