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Portfolio 2017
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Fatigue Threshold
• Amy Meissner
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In the study of materials — iron, steel, wood, plastic — "fatigue" refers to a component's failure after repeated and excessive loads. It is the crumpled beam, the snapped lever, the bowed wall. This piece explores the landscape of women's work through the use of abandoned cloth, the female form and traditional handwork, to portray the moment before collapse. The burdens are emotional, physical, sexual, literal. We hoard, we discard, we mend, we make do because despite our destruction, some scrap of beauty can always be salvaged. |
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