VCA2022

This project was sparked from the news that my family was going to have to move for the seventh time. The reality of shifting from one place to the next has been a part of my world for as long as I can remember and while it is a familiar experience now, it never gets easier. This event inspired me to explore what I consider to be “home”, when the physical properties of it are always changing. The end product is a miniature kitchen made from wood, foam core, paper, cardboard, wire, plastic and found objects that has been built into a box. It is a tiny reimagining of several places I have lived and includes furniture that has travelled with my family every time we have moved. This includes our Hoosier (a large cabinet with a flour shifter built into it, for the intention of making bread) that has been in our family for nearly a hundred years, our china cabinet, and our dining room table and chairs. The box has been installed amongst other moving boxes that are currently in use, as a way to connect the concept to the real-life situation that inspired it.