ENTANGLEMENTS

Power lines. High voltage. Visual pollution. Utility poles.

Entanglements are ruminations on how we communicate in this tangled web of landlines, mobile signals, fiber optic lines and social media. I have always been fascinated by the crisscrossing lines stretching and dipping between utility poles. How is it possible to know which line leads to whom? How is it possible now, in the wireless world we live in, to understand our connections?

By stitching on clear repurposed drum heads , I am trying to capture and untangle the web around me. In some places the drum head, which supports all the stitched lines, shows a bit of wear, calling to mind how our own lines of communication can be worn thin in a world of invisible internet connections. I embrace the irony of creating lines drawn on drums, one of the earliest tools for long-distance communication.