(Dis)Connection Project

Red Mantion Art Prize Project
2013

(Dis)connection consists of a collection of t-shirts acquired on the streets of Beijing and Tehran, which contain English words and phrases as design. A common characteristic of these t-shirts are that  language is treated as a form which is composed of nonsensical and misspelled Latin words. By combining a selection of texts from these t-shirts and sewing them onto felt, texts are decontextualized to remain solely as form and represent no linguistic values. In doing so, the work confronts viewers with a monumental form and upends translation.This work explores the deconstruction and recombination of language, the desires and hopes expressed therein, and the cultural (dis)connections established through this process.

Embroidery on Felt, Laser Print on T-Shirt
228.6x304.8x355.6 in. (90x120x140 cm)