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Primary colored shirts are hung on a white wall. In the foreground is a yellow turtleneck; on it reads, "Trash making honey sucklers."
Long sleeved, pink shirt. In black lettering the garment reads, "Objects only sacred departs."
Pink, blue, and white sequined letters adorn the front of a black T-shirt. It reads, "Does anyone else here ever get as scared as I do."
A blue T-shirt hangs on a white wall. The body of the garment reads, "How long will this thing last?"
On the front of a white polo, felt, embroidered, and sequined iron-on letters spell out the message, "Radical love."
Primary colored shirts are hung on a white wall. In the foreground is a yellow turtleneck; on it reads, "Trash making honey sucklers."
Long sleeved, pink shirt. In black lettering the garment reads, "Objects only sacred departs."
Pink, blue, and white sequined letters adorn the front of a black T-shirt. It reads, "Does anyone else here ever get as scared as I do."
A blue T-shirt hangs on a white wall. The body of the garment reads, "How long will this thing last?"
On the front of a white polo, felt, embroidered, and sequined iron-on letters spell out the message, "Radical love."

The T-Shirt Shop at the End of Civilization

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2024 to present
Found, used clothing, iron-on lettering

The T-Shirt Shop at the End of Civilization is a space beyond time. In this installation, hundreds of colorful shirts line the walls. Each garment, rescued from the waste stream, serves as ground for a collage of iron-on letters in a multitude of colors and materials, including vinyl, felt, embroidery, flocked patterns, rhinestones, and sequins.

Three garments are hung on a pipe in the middle of a long hallway. The shirt in the foreground reads MOVE.
A blue child's shirt with truck decal and the words,
Puffy, blue children's jacket with white, vinyl letters that read,

This project is currently a work-in-process. It is suitable for both traditional gallery contexts and site-specific installations, including apartment shows. The project currently consists of over 200 unique garments.

The texts displayed on these shirts are carefully curated. Some are deep confessions, some express existential anxieties of our historical moment, and others celebrate wonderment and pleasure. A few are quotations whose context and content resonate deeply. For example, “Food and Water Shortages in Our Lifetime” comes from graffiti that was visible for years in Manhattan’s Bowery. “His Words Were Bone Crushing” comes from Minister Eric Brown in response to Trump’s comments on Charlottesville. “Without God and King” comes from Leah-Hunt Hendrix’s academic essay on the history of solidarity.

Collectively, these texts explore mental health in times of social crisis, our relationship to the non-human world, and forms of radical love — ultimately prompting the questions, “What is civilization? Why be civilized?”

A yellow shirt with square neckline is hung on a red pipe; the shirt reads,
Green dress with multi-colored lettering in various fonts, which spell out the phrase,
Stack of garments inside an apartment; one is a flowered, button-down tank top that reads,
A group of shirts, in primary colors, are hung by plastic hangers that are nailed to a white wall. On each shirt is a different phrase written with felt, vinyl, and sequined iron-on letters.