Fragments of a Collective Dream   2019

Cardboard, Sand, PVA, Latex paint. Installation dimension vary, each sculpture is approximately 30”x 30”x 10”

ACRE Gallery, Chicago

Fragments of a Collective Act

Fragments of a Collective Act, an interactive installation, embodies the process by which we, like children, learn to weave the tapestry of social reality—through the act of play. At its core, this work fuses playfulness with the recognition that our existence unfolds in a shared space, where individuality intertwines with collective life. It draws attention to the recurrent, predictable patterns of our everyday engagements—encompassing actions, objects, participants, and language—as foundations of a shared yet deeply personal world.

In this space, the installation invites reflection on our subjective values, as well as the invisible boundaries we draw around inclusion and exclusion. Here, it explores the fluid nature of these limits, as they emerge in the spaces we inhabit today—both within ourselves and with those around us. In doing so, the project asks: How do we construct the places we call home, both in solitude and together?

 
Interactive installation Cardboard, Sand, PVA, Latex paint. Dimensions variable ACRE Project, Chicago The interactive installation draws from the idea of children learning to construct social reality through play and the parallel Marxist concept of play as production. The central idea of this interactive installation is to fuse the activity of play with the idea that everyday life is shared with others in an individual and collective manner, demonstrating distinct, consistent and predictable patterns of repeated actions, objects, participants, and language. The project reflects our subjective notions of value, boundaries, inclusiveness, and exclusiveness, within ourselves and others, in the places we are living in today.