I Can’t Stop Thinking About It
Yarn, plastic bags, VHS tape, hemp cord, raffia, and curtain rod
92″ x 84″
2011
All of us have secrets that we carry with us—sometimes keeping them throughout our entire lives—and often our secrets are uncomfortable or embarrassing. I believe that one way we unconsciously alleviate this discomfort is by keeping around us objects that in some way symbolize or counteract our secrets.
The works in this series transforms people’s secrets into objects that simultaneously reveal and conceal—externalizing difficult psychological realities while still preserving a layer of privacy.
The secrets are embodied by means of a visual code. Each hand-knitted stripe corresponds to a letter of the alphabet. The secret the stripes spell out can be read from left to right.
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