Deconstructing an Accident (2024)

latex, plastic, chicken wire, found metal

This project explores the concept of corners as metaphors for isolation and confinement, drawing inspiration from Bachelard’s Poetics of Space. The quote, “Yet even in this prison, there is peace. In these angles and corners, the dreamer would appear to enjoy the response that divides being and non-being,” served as the foundation. The work examines how habits can become metaphorical corners and how life’s impermanence, like a sudden car accident, can lead to unpredictable change. The contrast between cold metal from a car part and fleshy latex embodies this discomfort, symbolizing how drastic changes disrupt us, but we eventually learn to adapt.