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THIS SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION INVESTIGATES THE RELATIONSHIP OF MATERIALS AND MEMORY IN THE DOMESTIC SPACES WE CALL HOME. DOMESTIC FABRICS (QUILTS, BLANKETS, SHEETS, LINENS, ETC.) ACTIVATE STORIES AND CULTIVATE FEELINGS OF CONNECTION THROUGH GENERATIONS. THE FOUND FABRICS, SUSPENDED FROM THE CEILING, RESPOND TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SPACE AND CREATE A FEELING OF OPENNESS THAT DRAWS IN A DELICATE AND AIRY QUALITY. THE FABRICS ARE DRAPED PHYSICALLY CLOSE AND ARE CONNECTED THROUGH SEAMLESS TIES THAT CULTIVATE THE FEELING OF INTIMACY, WHILE THE VARIOUS TEXTURES AND PATTERNS OF THESE FABRICS EVOKE A SENSE OF FAMILIARITY. COLLECTED STORIES, SUBMITTED BY STRANGERS AND THE OWNERS OF THE WORK’S FABRICS, HAVE BEEN CATALOGUED BY A STORYTELLER, THE RECORDINGS ARE AVAILABLE VIA A PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED IN THE GALLERY. THE INTENT OF THIS WORK IS TO INVITE VIEWERS TO SLOW DOWN, LOOK CLOSELY AT THE MATERIALS, LISTEN TO THE STORIES OF STRANGERS, AND CULTIVATE THEIR OWN MEANING AND NARRATIVE THROUGH REFLECTION, IMAGINATION, AND MEMORY. VIEWERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT THEIR OWN STORIES CONNECTED TO DOMESTIC FABRICS AND MEMORY.