Between: Mapping Home

Digital print, dyeing, devoré. Silk-rayon, cotton-sateen, cotton-linen. 16in x 72in (panels); 72in x 16in (devoré); 15in x 52in (surface, seating upholstery). 2021.

Presented as an audio-visual textile installation, this project draws on cartography, visual semiotics, and textile design to map the emotional geographies of migration. Developed through an autoethnographic study of the artist’s family history, the work presents twelve digitally printed panels depicting cities or residence within and outside of Jamaica, paired as “before” and “after” spaces and connected by a hand-dyed devoré textile bridge. Accompanied by recorded family narratives, the installation invited viewers to engage migration as a memory-based journey shaped by place, story, and affect rather than physical movement alone.

A horizontal burnout/ devoré wall hanging featuring a map with various lines and blocks, with some attached cables, hung against a gauze background.
Close-up of floral patterned digitally printed hangings with yellow, purple, orange, and white flowers and green and black leaves.
Close-up of floral patterned digitally printed hangings with botanical patterns featuring yellow and white flowers and green leaves on a blue background.
Detail close-up of horizontal burnout/ devoré wall hanging features one of the cities in the map, dyed deep blue, with cables leading to it.