gesandt.versorgt.genärt.immer

gesandt.versorgt.genährt.immer (sent.cared for.nourished.always) explores nourishment as both a physical necessity and a cultural expectation. The work considers the ways care is expressed, inherited, and performed through everyday acts of feeding, tending, and providing. Familiar household forms become symbols of devotion, obligation, memory, and love. Children’s clothing forms the structural framework of the piece, referencing the labor of caregiving and the ways identities are shaped through relationships of dependence, responsibility, and care. Layers of felt create the muted fields of color throughout the work. The translucency of the white material softens and obscures the vibrant colors beneath, reflecting the shifting experience of sustaining both oneself and others. At times that labor can be joyful and abundant. At other times it can feel exhausting, invisible, or incomplete. Stories are embedded within domestic labor and the often unseen work that sustains families and communities across generations. The title evokes a continuous cycle of giving and receiving care, suggesting both comfort and responsibility. By mutating ordinary objects and gestures, the work invites reflection on what nourishes us, who provides that nourishment, and how these acts shape our understanding of home, identity, and belonging.