I cut the world apart to glue my body together is a series of framed word collages. The words were carefully and methodically cut from various books (including Cunt by Inga Muscio and War by Sebastian Junger) are then hodgepodged together. Looking at all of the words jumbled up with each other, I then redress them. The resulting phases—stand alone or call and response—are transgressive and cutting. The tone of the phrases are then juxtaposed with the quiet, traditional aesthetic of the frames. The work is confronting with small bursts of humor.
"I cut the world apart to glue my body together."
2016
Framed collaged text
14x14 in series.
"I cut the world apart to glue my body together." (I will not have that violent caveman-style culture kill my body.)
2016
Framed collaged text
14x14 in series.
Close-up of "I cut the world apart to glue my body together." (I will not have that violent caveman-style culture kill my body.)
2016
Framed collaged text
14x14 in series.
Close-up of "I cut the world apart to glue my body together." (Honey I love your negative self-esteem-corroding homophobia.)
2016
Framed collaged text
14x14 in series.
"I cut the world apart to glue my body together." (Who'd be a cuntlover? Me.)
2016
Framed collaged text
14x14 in series.
Close-up of "I cut the world apart to glue my body together." (Who'd be a cuntlover? Me.)
2016
Framed collaged text
14x14 in series.
"I cut the world apart to glue my body together." (Society raised the cunt to be his but it's mine)
2016
Framed collaged text
14x14 in series.
Audience member viewing "I cut the world apart to glue my body together."
2016
Framed collaged text
14x14 in series.