Unravel developed out of a physical problem in my studio. An earlier sculpture I created entitled, Early and Instant Blue, was comprised of 200 found handmade afghans. After the exhibition of that work was over, the large piece was rolled into my studio and left there. When I moved out of my studio, I was confronted with how to remove the massive object. It was impossible to move down the stairs and the elevator was out of order. I attempted to cut it into pieces and discovered that not only was the process time-consuming, but the afghans simply did not want to come apart. After having been stitched with such powerful energy--with love, impatience, and perhaps worry--the knots that formed these blankets refused to budge. I decided to let the limitations of the material dictate my process and spent two straight months unraveling the afghans stitch by stitch.

For the performance installation, Unravel, first shown at Garage Projects in Atlanta, Georgia and later at the University of Wisconsin--Madison and later at the D.U.M.B.O. Under the Bridge Festival in Brooklyn, New York, I sat in a pool of unraveled yarn in a dress made of afghans for four hours, further unraveling myself.

These are performance and video stills from various locations