This work emerged from an intensified experience of interior space during the COVID-19 quarantine: both the physical confinement of domestic life and the psychological interiority amplified by isolation. Physical contact with the world—through social interaction, work, and daily routines—came to a standstill, while engagement with others became mediated through digital devices, screens, microphones, and lenses. The world that existed before felt increasingly like a memory or mirage. As time slowed, interior space expanded, becoming more immediate and tangible than the world outside.
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I often use mapping imagery as a familiar, indexical reference because maps represent systems of orientation: ways of knowing where we are in space and time. In my work, maps are decontextualized and transformed, producing a movement between disorientation and reorientation. For Art Made in Isolation During the Coronavirus, I present two maps of space—one exterior and one interior—that reflect a shift in how the world was perceived and understood.
Parallel was included in the “Exquisite Corpse” group project for Art Made in Isolation During the Coronavirus, organized by Ana Davidson. Each artist’s piece was made in 3–4 days then sent to the next person in the group until all the participants were able to complete their project. In making their work, each participant could only see, hear, and respond to the previous artist’s piece in the sequence.