MANDY'S HOUSE is a site-responsive installation work in ceramics which dwells on elements of pattern found in the architecture of the house where the work is presented. The work was installed in a semi-abandoned house in the rural western Sicilian town of Salemi, a place that has been inhabited by varying peoples at least since the time of the Greeks, with each passing group leaving its mark.
Staged in the pantry, the work evokes themes of intimacy, slow observation, and care around daily ritual. The title of the show is meant to be both incredibly specific and wholly generic at once, a nod to the continual reuse and reinterpretation of the language of geometry. People have always built meaning in their own time by looking to the past and reinterpreting or mixing symbols to suit their context.
Examples of reuse are evident as one walks through the house. Plaster is partially removed to reveal layers of history; old entryways closed with materials from collapsed buildings nearby, scars of old stairways or interior walls once used to separate the space.
This installation work was made in collaboration with poet Kelly Rose Hoffer as a part of the Ceramics x Fiber exhibition in Detroit, MI
This piece consists of handmade tiles built from pigmented clay which create a meandering line that engages the architecture of the gallery space. I conceptualized this work as I wandered around CDMX - I wanted to translate my movements and the many small moments that made up my days into material. This project holds near the slow and patient work which is central to all of my making and thinking.
Made during my residency at Casa Lü, CDMX, July 2024
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