2: A Monument

2023 · Sculpture installation — deconstructed dormitory beds, white paper

2: A Monument, 2023 — title card, chalk lettering on cardboard

After my two roommates in College left our apartment, I was compelled to make their room into a monument of their presence there. I deconstructed their beds and made sculptures out of them, each representing one of the past-tenants of the room. I covered the floor with white paper to demarcate that the room has ceased to be just a room and is now a temple, or a cloud, or a memory. It is a different space from what it used to be with different inhabitants– beds in the shape of people.

Exhibited at Room 234B Gallery, Stanford University.

2: A Monument, 2023 — installation view, deconstructed bed frames leaning against each other 2: A Monument, 2023 — detail view, disassembled bed frame joinery 2: A Monument, 2023 — installation view, sculptures standing on the paper-covered floor 2: A Monument, 2023 — detail view, angled bed frame components 2: A Monument, 2023 — detail view, an open drawer beneath a leaning headboard 2: A Monument, 2023 — installation view, corner of the room 2: A Monument, 2023 — detail view, bed frame components against the wall