Thesis Series

2023

Through still life painting, audio recording, and ready-made installation, I explore intersections of private and public life for people who assert the role as caregivers. 

Despite the importance of caregiving in both ordinary and disaster situations, patriarchy and binary gender norms devalue the tasks of caregiving and overvalue militant approaches to resolution. 

Take Some, Leave the Rest is not only a reminder to prepare in case of emergency, but also a reminder of the looming threat of institutional and societal structures like capitalism that brew climate inaction and militarization. These structures enable and continue patterns of marginalization and increase precarity for people around the world.