Working Through

Dresses fashioned from tissue paper occupy a domestic space, highlighting the central role played by the home and family in the formation of an adoptee’s sense of identity. Tissue paper’s association with wrapping and concealing along with its inherent fragility provide a resonance to the issue being addressed.

Coded references to the passage of time, numbers of adoptions, and multiplicity of dualities inherent in the closed adoption scenario are present throughout the installation.

'Working Through' makes visible the invisible individuals involved in closed adoptions; the spectral aesthetic reflecting the multitude of ghosts haunting all of the parties involved.