Invisible
Paper Shoes, shipping tags, pencil, thread and nails.
We all came face to face with mortality during COVID and the fact that something so small could create such havoc all around the world. Even before this outbreak, the fragility of life is apparent during periods of drought, famine and war triggering the migration of people. All trying to find a better life elsewhere, risking all in doing so.
‘Invisible’ specifically talks about the unaccompanied children arriving at the US/Mexican border but could equally apply to the peoples of Ukraine fleeing their country because of the war. Text on the shipping tags describes what happens to the children when they reach the US Border. This piece was completed in 2016, but the situation is now much worse.
We all came face to face with mortality during COVID and the fact that something so small could create such havoc all around the world. Even before this outbreak, the fragility of life is apparent during periods of drought, famine and war triggering the migration of people. All trying to find a better life elsewhere, risking all in doing so.
‘Invisible’ specifically talks about the unaccompanied children arriving at the US/Mexican border but could equally apply to the peoples of Ukraine fleeing their country because of the war. Text on the shipping tags describes what happens to the children when they reach the US Border. This piece was completed in 2016, but the situation is now much worse.