A house i s not a cat

materials: upcycled chairs treated with foam, spackle, caning; foamcore, jacquard;

size: lifesize installation

The burden of the upkeep of a household falls almost entirely on women. In 'Weighed Down' I address the hierarchical and compartmentalized structure of the domestic sphere in a South Asian context. Using the dining table as the architectural framework for this conversation, I question how a communal space, a space of coming together, becomes fragmented by this established hierarchy. Even though domestic labor is so essential to the maintenance of a house it is systemically invisibilized and overlooked.

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Experiments in clay: subverting and satirizing the idea that seating models are made for all bodies.

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Process

Weighed down

Jacquard length: satirizing text on vintage matchboxes; a commentary on nature of domestic labor in

Jacquard length in sunlight

Inspiration

Jacquard length: satirizing text on vintage matchboxes; a commentary on nature of domestic labor in

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Jacquard length

Weave trials: testing color, weave structures

Experiments in rough repeat

Jacquard length

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Experiments in open weave structures

Experiments in caning

Experiments in open weave structures

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Material and color board

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materials, size: found tiles, dyed fabric, digital printing jacquard, jars, clay, found objects, photoshop.

In 'Mind the Gap' I highlight how the presence of this labor is most conspicuous in its absence. I try to imagine a space where women remove themselves from the system and weaponize the tools found within the system to corrupt it, while working towards its reimagination by first carefully studying the shortcomings of its founders.