I am interested in the connections between God, air, sky, constellations, space, planets, portals, and the idea of “higher beings.” I was baptized in a Franciscan church at age 12 after being curious about going to church and observing the faith of my extended family on my mother’s side. I wanted to examine what believing in God could mean for my life, since I was not baptized as a child and my mother and father were not religious when I was younger, but after my interest, it brought my mother back to church. I am at a bit of an impasse about practicing Catholicism currently because I have drifted away from it over the past 2 years at school, so I am interested in how I could explore my connection with it and my own spirituality in this last garment. The meat landscape was physical manifestations of falling into place, and then the physical met the spiritual in my square garment. I want to explore the spiritual aspect of falling back into place with the sense of security I felt with religion when I was first baptized, or at least spend time thinking about what role spirituality and religion play in my life currently. I am interested in the circular and triangular motifs in religious iconography and circles being a way of passing through space or presenting space, is it transparent or a portal? Halos? I find Rothko and Hilma af Klint to be references in color and points of study. I believe that this garment will tie the other two garments together, like a trinity, or the spirit of the others.
Cotton dyed with MX Immersion dyes with rubber band resists and metallic fabric paint. The fabric was manipulated to the body with tucks.
Modeled by Avantika Velho and Photographed by Josiah Gill
