close to you
2016
Gallery HIAP Augusta, Helsinki
Galerie Projet Pangée, Montreal
Second-hand bedsheets, fabric, hand-embroidery with wool, wood.

Close to You is an installation consisting of second-hand bed sheets, which contain a backstitched outlines of people within a close physical distance to one another. Using news- and social media imagery as its starting point, the work considers human interaction and closeness through everyday activities and their relationship to consumerism and technology. The hanging banners were accompanied by statistical information related to each image.

The work was a culmination of a 4-month residency at Helsinki International Artist Program.

With the kind support of HIAP, Arts Promotion Centre Finland and the Paulo Foundation.