Something Takes Space

2026

Something Takes Space is an installation that explores the relationship between anxiety and control. Using everyday objects such as a garment rack, hangers, and pulleys, I construct a system that appears orderly and functional. Repetitive knots and connections visualize the ongoing effort to maintain control and stability.

At the center of the work, hog casings filled with soil are sealed inside vacuum bags. While the bags appear to preserve and contain the materials, the contents continue to shift under the force of gravity, resisting complete control.

Another vacuum-sealed bag, installed high on the wall, contains hog casings filled with banana and saliva. Although the bag seems to secure and preserve its contents, the organic materials continue to transform over time. The work exists in an unstable state between preservation and decay, order and collapse. Visitors are invited to walk beneath this suspended object. While there is no actual danger, its elevated position and uncertain transformation generate a subtle sense of tension and alertness.

Through this installation, I investigate how attempts to control uncertainty can produce new forms of anxiety. Systems of organization and control do not resolve anxiety; rather, they make it visible and sustain it. The work reflects a condition of continually seeking stability while never fully attaining it, revealing the heightened state of vigilance that emerges in response to uncertainty.