Tyler Parks Presents When The Home Becomes Body, a new collection of photographic and video works by artist and filmmaker Pau S. Pescador.
Opening: Sat Sept 16, 5-8pm
On view: Sept 16 - Oct 28, 2023
Pescador's artwork explores her relationship to the world beyond her inner psyche, often told through playful interactions and interventions. When the home becomes body is centered around the domestic sphere and her relationship to the concept of home throughout her gender transition. The exhibition is broken into three collections of work: two bodies of photographs When the home becomes body and Home is where the c*nt is, as well a single-channel video If I can’t go home again, then call me by my name b*tch!
In all three bodies of work the viewer watches the artist play with toy-like objects alongside her body as she questions her own physical, emotional and legislative safety outside her front door. What is the role of home in times of such adversity? Is domestic a space of refuge from the outside world or has home become a self-enclosed prison where the artist is merely left alone within her own isolation?
This exhibition features an accompanying essay by Emji Saint Spero