Oppression

Oppression explores how systems of power become embedded within everyday acts of observation, measurement, and production.

The project consists of a series of wearable objects and speculative instruments that transform mechanisms of control into tangible forms. Optical lenses, measuring devices, and cutting tools function as metaphors for surveillance, classification, and the regulation of value.

Structured around multiple stages, the work traces a cycle in which bodies and resources are monitored, adjusted, compressed, and continually reabsorbed into larger systems. Wax serves as a material representation of vulnerability, capable of being repeatedly altered while preserving evidence of previous transformations.

By translating abstract social structures into physical objects, the project reveals how oppression often operates not through singular acts of force, but through repeated processes that become normalized over time.

Materials
Brass, Glass, Wax, Optical Lens

2023