documenting, playing with, participating in the lifespan / stories of objects is at the core of my practice. I am interested in exploring evolution & transformation through performative, sculptural, and sartorial methods by engaging with the tangible iterations that can unfold over time and through curiosity toward. This is a vintage US military grade parachute I purchased off ebay this Spring and have evolved with for the past 6 months 🕹 slide 1: original image from the ebay listing slide 2: playing pop up w Downtown Girls Basketball to see the full size of the parachute slide 3: Performing at Fort Makers slide 4-5: pattern draping the cloth before cutting it into a gown slide 6: Attending a gala with Hanan in the parachute dress, a continuation of the performance at Fort Makers where we pretended I had just landed back to Earth and slashed my parachute into The Look slide 7: the final iteration of thee gown slide 8: Dexter creates a dog bed with the remaining fabric slide 9: a group of kindred spirits uses Dexter’s dog bed to build a living room at Hanan and my beach party, Gathering of The Shell Lovers