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A digitized collage of two black and white photographs. The top, the hands of a person wearing a long sweater dress holding the shoulders of a baby wearing a fleece onesie taking steps, their hands out in motion. The bottom is a screen door positioned to show the lock of the sliding door in front of it, a balcony and parking lot out of focus in the distance.
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Cages 3

Irma Bejarle

Being unable to carry out with my other projects that heavily involve interaction with people, and wanting to create something from material that I already had, as well as taking on a work that was more introspective than the rest of my practice; Yes, it explores extreme loneliness. I realized just how lonely I've always been throughout my life because I've always been confined in my home to some extent, even before the pandemic. As an only child, I've always been overprotected and well guarded in my home or by family members, and just as I was freeing myself in becoming a young adult, the pandemic sent me back to my "cage". I started thinking about homes as very comfortable cages. Some homes are more lavish than others, some are more loving, but they're still confining. Homes keep you safe from the outside, but also isolate you, only letting you live your life by looking from within your room window.