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Using mixed reality as a framework, Fraught Imaginaries (2022—present) is an ongoing multi-disciplinary body of work centering on liberatory practices of play, which seek to disarm the architectures and systems of control within the prison industrial complex. This world-building project takes shape through my first hand investigation of the prison industrial supply chain and through personal relationships I have built with incarcerated individuals inside New York State Juvenile facilities—namely the Columbia and Brookwood Secure centers—and with adults at the Shawangunk Correctional Facility.

The Blocks

Modular cinder block wall structure. Cinder block forms are made from materials found inside New York State Juvenile Correctional facilites.

Each brick is 8” x 8” x 16”

-legal pad paper & Elmer’s glue
-envelopes & Elmer’s glue
-prison toothbrushes & resin
-playing cards & resin
-socks died with Kool-Aide
-gummy worms & resin
-paper towels & Elmers glue
-toilet paper & Elmers glue
-prison shoes & cement
-pill cups & Elmer’s glue
-Hot Cheetos & resin
-combs & resin
-tampons & Elmer’s glue
-number 2 pencils & Elmer’s glue
-top ramen & Elmer’s glue
-Jolly Ranchers & cement

dimensions vary
2024



Tesseract

colored pencil on glassine, aluminum tamperproof bulletin display case

24” (L) x 2” (W) x 36” (H)
2024





Assembly

Bob Barker plastic prison food trays wrapped in assorted materials. Listed in order from the top down:

Tray 1: American Flag print on cotton, resin, bird poop

Tray 2: legal pad paper, Elmer’s glue, melted crayons

Tray 3: stickers, Elmer’s glue

Tray 4: toilet paper, Kool-Aide, Jolly Ranchers, Elmer’s glue

Tray 5: Hot Cheetos, Elmer’s glue

Tray 6: religious fabric, resin


dimensions vary
2024

Blind spot

etched blindspot mirror, marker
18” diamater
2024


Summer Sandpails

colored pencil, papier-mâché, kozo-shi paper over wood panel

14” (L) x 2” (W) x 11”(H)
2024


👁️ Spy

defunct security camera, resin, goggly eye, plushie fabric, Elmers glue

3.2” (L) x 3.2” (W) x 3.5”(H)
2024




Soapy

industrial soap dispenser, stickers, hd tv monitor, media player, electrical components

1 minute looping video
5.75” (L) x 5.25” (W) x 11.25”(H)
2023



Contraband Bag_2

clear bag, resin, contraband objects at the Columbia Secure Center for Girls

12”(L) x 9”(W) x 3”(H)
2021



Cinderblock_3

#2 pencils, Elmers school glue
16” (L) x 8” (W) x 8” (H)

2023



Real Metal Cuffs

paper mâché, kozo-shi paper, colored pencil

11”(L) x 5.25” (W) x 11”(H)
2023


First Keys

paper mâché, kozo-shi paper, colored pencil, shrink wrap

7”(L) x 1.5” (W) x 5”(H)
2024


Bubble Puddle

paper mâché, kozo-shi paper, colored pencil

8.7” (W) x 24.8” (H)
2023



Oh Yeah!?

paper mâché, kozo-shi paper, colored pencil

24oz bottle
2023


JL Marcus Commisary Catalog

paper mâché, kozo-shi paper, colored pencil

14.5”(L) x 17.5”(H)
2023





Cinderblock_2

cement, books, paper mâché, colored pencil
16” (L) x 8” (W) x 8” (H)
2023

(The books are recommended reading from the Columbia Collective.)





Contraband Bag_4

clear bag, resin, contraband objects at the Columbia Secure Center for Girls

13”(L) 14” (W) x 14” (H)
2023


Cinderblock_3

#2 pencils, Elmers school glue

16” (L) x 8” (W) x 8” (H)
2023

Contraband Bag_6

clear bag, resin, contraband objects at the Columbia Secure Center for Girls

7.5”(L) x 4”(W) x 8.5”(H)
2023

Contraband Bag_5

clear bag, resin, contraband objects at the Columbia Secure Center for Girls

18”(L) x 14”(W) x 6.75”(H)
2023

A View

graphite on paper

12” x 18”
2022