Exposed South
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This paper examines the cultural tradition of dress within a familiar society and by changing one's environment gives way for self-awareness and authenticity through contemporary installation. What we wear assists in defining a person. When clothes are worn a person's identity becomes visible for others. The long sleeve button-down dress shirt is a metaphor for a person (me) at a specific moment within an awareness journey. In contrast the symbolism of placement, patterns, material choice, and designer all are part of the decision on what we wear on a daily basis. When one leaves the closet wearing their outfit, they are being themselves open and ready for the world to see. In the LGBTQ+ community our stepping out of the closet as our authentic self is often determined by our environment that we grew up or reside in. Exposed South is a two-part installation Graduate Thesis that describes an experience many from the South have. It is in part autobiographical, but relatable to others by experience of allowing others to see personal truth. In my own work I responded to the following: How do both installations stand-in for an individual's personal experience? How does the action of traveling between the installations conceptualize the time to accept one's true self? How does the use of social media help make the declaration permanent?
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M.F.A.