My work begins with clothing. I like clothes. I wear clothes. Mostly, I like to play with clothes. As a system of language, "fashion" operates in a very complicated, multifaceted way, forming a complex relationship between clothing and body. This relationship has become increasingly confused. As the signs of fashion, clothes cannot be read in one simple, straightforward way. What does a “dress” really signify anyways? A dress for me is just a tool, my material and my medium.

Clothes are a collection of constantly changing signifiers; within each new context, every piece of clothing changes. In my sculptures, I use clothes in a non-sensical way, removing them from the body and placing them into a new, unfamiliar context. Zippers are piled on top of one another, with no real function. Women’s underwear is attached to athletic shorts. Bra straps are sewn on but do not support anything. Each bit of fabric is just a clip, a fraction, a small piece of the original, a mixed-up sign. This remixing and transforming process allows me to embrace my own cultural performance. It is newly created with every action. I can use my actions in different ways. As a woman, as a subject, as a heterosexual, as an American, I can skip along the rippling borders between cultural difference.