In this immersive multimedia installation, the artist reconstructs a midcentury ranch-style living room through her own visual language, blending personal history with cultural critique. The space becomes a site of introspection—exploring how identity, environment, and inherited experiences shape one’s sense of agency within the American Southwest.

Rooted in themes of entrapment and resilience, the work questions the routines, behaviors, and structures we inherit—asking whether we are truly free thinkers or simply products of generational cycles. Prickly pear cacti sculptures, built from metal armatures coated in plaster and nestled in sand-filled flower pots, serve as both cultural symbols and metaphors for endurance. Scattered around them are bullet casings, bones, and Fireball miniatures—traces of life in the desert that hint at both celebration and violence.

The living room walls are constructed from a blend of papier-mâché and plaster, creating a tactile, handmade surface that nods to domesticity and labor. A mounted cardboard oryx—an antelope species native to Africa but introduced to New Mexico in the 1970s for big game hunting—anchors the room with quiet symbolism. For the artist, the oryx reflects the duality of displacement and survival, mirroring the fraught histories of both the land and those who inhabit it.

On the hearth, a series of interactive publications invites visitors to engage further. A black embossed photobook offers a glimpse into the artist’s photographic sensibility and its relationship to her sculptural work. Alongside it, a speculative design magazine visually translates research on the Southwest and the oryx, fusing data, mythology, and aesthetics. A guestbook welcomes visitors to contribute their reflections, completing the installation’s cycle of exchange.

You can watch a video of the installation here.