Fort Drawing

A charcoal drawing, about 12'x3', centered on around observation of a fort: a small sculpture that becomes a world within itself, its own environment. I imagine a fort as somewhere to hide, somewhere that is a hiding spot yet also entraps and allows you to wallow in your own emotions. My fort was a repurposed version of a stop motion set modeled after bathroom tiles, inspired by how I often retreat to the bathroom when in a bad mental state. The goal was to create a space that was tight yet liminal at the same time––meditative yet also unsettling, with something strange bubbling under the surface. That was reflected in the final drawing as well, which combined several different perspectives together into one long drawing.