Festival

“I been stuck in this room since I was 16

Head against the wall, every morning on repeat 

Lost in my music, mirror, and these magazines 

Trying to find a face that will make you look at me “

-From Room, FESTIVAL Artist’s Book 

From the Artist:

In FESTIVAL, I reimagine my teenage bedroom as a space of world-building with the iconography of popular music. Through the assemblage and collage of photos sourced from magazines, posters, and pop music media, I design “stages” or scenes inspired by the “genre” or styles of music associated with the subjects. Working on this installation for a year’s time, I revisit, reconstruct, and remove images to transform the layered and evolving scene, as the bedroom endures as a space for conjuring and constructing identity and community. Each stage is paired with a poem, written in the lyrical style of the stage’s genre. As I release the mass-produced images of my “heroes,” these icons populate the floor and are replaced with photos, markings, and materials that reflect my authentic experiences and world, the music no less present.