April Garcia
#bitresAprilGarciaSoftSculpture

My textile work responds to exploring identity, cultural memory, and navigating my emotions when processing the political shit show administration. My textile work serves as a space for activism, innovation, and personal expression by engaging with the material in a wrapping process, using my body as a canvas to showcase what the textiles would like to communicate. Preparing various draped arrangements for a background, I extract images through a video documentation performance process. Rethinking materials by embracing abstraction and repurposing discarded fabrics is a way to challenge myself and push my creative boundaries in the studio. This process brings me solace and I find glimpses of beauty in the fray.

Instagram: @aprilgarcia_softsculptureart

Links:  abrilgarcia.com

About #bitres:
As a means of expanding Co-Lab Project's programming into the digital realm, artist/curator Vladimir Mejia selects artists to participate in an Instagram hosted month-long residency. Artists are given full control of the @colabprojectsbitres Instagram account, and all images posted by the artist are categorized by hashtags representing the artist name in residency. Original concept by Sean Ripple.