Alternate Readings

2024

I shred, spin, and weave New York Times Magazines to metabolize the climate, health, and social crises featured in their pages. The resulting tactile color-fields offer space to reflect on the world’s grief. Each abstract weaving is paired with fragments of text saved from the cover articles, attending to the limitations of language to convey the state of the world.

The landscape of possibility/ Remains ours to make/ From the microbial to the geopolitical

Shredded, woven New York Times Magazine (Oct. 30, 2022, “The New World: Envisioning a Future After Climate Change”), embroidery thread, fragments of text saved from the cover article. Photo courtesy of the artist.

An almost limitless horizon / The margins of well understood science

Shredded, spun, woven New York Times Magazine (June 25, 2023, “The Trillion Gallon Question: California’s dams are vulnerable, and thousands of lives hang in the balance. How long does the state have to avert disaster?”), embroidery thread, fragments of text saved from the cover article. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Data points on graphs/ Though their tears have been wiped away

Shredded, spun, woven New York Times Magazine (August 20,2023, “They Lurk Inside Our Everyday Stuff. What Are ‘Forever Chemicals’ Doing to Us?”), embroidery thread, fragments of text saved from the cover article. Photo courtesy of the artist.

"Alternate Readings" series installed at Bingham Gallery, 2024

"Alternate Readings" series installed at NYU’s Gallatin Galleries, 2024