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.

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

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

A View Outside
graphite on paper
12” x 18”
2022

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