Diaper Fields

Series

Bodies—of knowledge, code, atoms and cells—are activated in a meditative process of weaving newborn disposable diapers/nappies into absorbing monochromatic grids. Taut soft surfaces evoke skin and tissue, visceral and sensory, a permeable membrane for human function. Equally wall, substrate, and performance piece, the woven grid embodies an internal operating system where hundreds of ready-mades are transformed into being-mades, discretely absorbing, swelling and receding, while dampening noise, and loading space with intent. Taking over 500 years to breakdown in landfill, the 'disposable work' is entirely unsustainable in environmental terms while at the same exceeding multi-generational lifecycles, archival standards, and art conservation conventions. Feelings of vulnerability, nakedness, and memory emerge from the padded substrates and walls, immersive fields drenched with values-based questions about humanity in the Anthropocene.