Icarus – too close to the lights
About
A quilt, illuminated by office tube lights, evokes the myth of Icarus. Like him, I am continuously tempted to stay too long in bright environments, burning my bodymind — melting, falling apart — and exposing my otherwise unseen disability.
My work invites visitors to touch, be touched, and stay with our shared urge to overcome our limitations — a drive that is not merely an individual choice, but a cultural pressure, one that rewards the flight while looking away from the fall.
Dimensions
300cm × 100cm × 30cm
Materiality
Quilted fabric with cotton filling, illuminated by tube lights
Exhibited at
Brutus Rotterdam
C3/Art Week Rotterdam
Featured in
Where hands remember, Graciela Rossetto, Rotterdam