Un/Contained
Fabric Installation

LVA Project Space,
Louisville, KY

September to October 2026

Conceptual Framework

This fabric installation is arranged into an enclosure, a container. Each fabric expresses a style that influenced me. They present different identities in my history. The fabric is sourced differently. Gestural marks that resemble calligraphy stain cheesecloth. Color field on a worn shower curtain. Abstract paint on used garments.  When you enter the container, let each piece serve as a reflection of the many identities you present. These fabrics are not stitched together. They are held loosely: spaces through which you can weave in and out. You cannot be fully contained. When you step out, I hope you gain a more critical and appreciative understanding of the many containers that you weave in and out throughout the day. 

We live inside containers. Our body is a sort of containment. Our cultural and gender identities are sort of containment. In 2007, the virtuoso violinist, Joshua Bell, played for 43 minutes in a Metro Station in Washington D.C. Most commuters passed by. The station didn’t offer the container of a musical hall to cue the people. It was impossible for most passersby to parse the meaning.  

Containers offer meaning by imposing limitations.  Containers are walls that define you, and space for one to express meaning. Their power to give meaning is also their power to judge. Musical halls define what a virtuoso performance is. Museums are also containers. They decide which creative output deserves attention as art. Our relationships with containers are complex and ambivalent. We need them. We try to break free from them. Every individual by their existence rupture containers. Because no individual can ultimately be defined by containers. There are always ruptures, breakages, and emergences.