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2019 · 12’ 8” × 5’ 7” × 6’ · Wine corks, cable ties, wire.
Be Careful, You Know Alcoholism Runs in the Family reimagines the family tree as a tangled, living structure shaped by inheritance, addiction, and the weight of what is passed from one generation to the next. Constructed from thousands of wine corks, each one carries an association with celebration, ritual, excess, and consumption. Bound together with cable ties and wire, they form a sprawling network that is both connected and constricted, reflecting the complicated ways addiction can become woven into family life.
The work considers the space between genetic predisposition and personal agency, asking what we inherit, what we carry, and what we have the power to change. Individually insignificant, each cork becomes part of something much larger, mirroring how individual experiences accumulate into family histories. What emerges is a physical portrait of the cycles, connections, and tensions that can persist across generations, while leaving room for the possibility of breaking them.
"Be Careful, You Know Alcoholism Runs in the Family"
2019. 12’ 8” X 5’ 7” X 6”. SELF-COLLECTED WINE CORKS, ZIP-TIES, WIRE.
A visual investigation of the genetic predispositions associated with addiction and the fear associated with one’s likelihood of developing an addictive personality and/or being plagued by addiction.