Overview

A L G I A is a visual and kinetic representation of memory. Artist Francesca Chudnoff has sewn personal history into the suit she wears in this video with multiple layers of material that add weight and anomalous forms meant to conceal her body while also amplifying her size. The piece poses several questions: What does it mean to be seen? What do we choose to withhold? And what realities do we fabricate in order to hide?