Two-part installation

21 Polaroid photographs, thread, bronze, wood, textiles  2024

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Whose Legacy is it? is a semi-autobiographical work that serves broadly as a consideration of epigenetics and the ancestral reverberations that, through a wildly improbable roll of genetic dice led to this moment. More specifically, the work considers the weight of this history, acknowledging the mix of microscopic deoxyribonucleic acid strands, both good and unfortunate, that lead to individual existence. No amount of shaking can dislodge either from the family tree. To what extent does this knowledge impact one's perception of self? To what extent should it?​​ Further, what is one's responsibility with this discovery? Acknowledging that there's no changing the past, where does that leave us moving forward?

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