Home is, in its essence, a refuge where fragility feels safe, a place where we can reveal our vulnerabilities without fear. When this refuge seems unreachable in our daily lives, a desperate longing arises to escape to a corner that provides us the security we need in a world often indifferent and oppressive. This corner is not just a physical space; it is a recreation of what the body once was: strong in appearance but always on the brink of emotional collapse.

 

The textile technique used in this work, which typically requires a firm tension and is knotted at the back, here has been woven with lightness and without knots, evoking the fragile architecture of the human body. It’s a strategy often employed by Marinette Cueco, who uses techniques to highlight the connection between the physical and the emotional, and by Louise Bourgeois, whose work also explores the tension of the body. I wanted to capture in the weave that feeling of always being on the edge, of teetering between what keeps us firm and what makes us fall. The figure of a woman trying to escape symbolizes that inner struggle: the soul, in its vulnerability, desperately seeks shelter. This lightness in tension is my way of capturing fragility, the sense of breaking down when facing the indifference of the world—a concept also addressed by Tracey Emin in her works.

 

The tapestry, placed as a curtain in discreet corners, is both a visual barrier and a transformation of space. Here, the body becomes the architectural model of home: a fragile and vulnerable space, but capable of providing refuge. In these corners, the tapestry creates fragments of a home, small zones that provide a sense of privacy and shelter, allowing fragility to be found and recognized, reminiscent of the work of Chiharu Shiota, who uses threads to create spaces that explore memory and home. Thus, the tapestry presents itself as an act of strength arising from the need to protect the most fragile parts of ourselves.

 

Through this work, much like Mila Fürstová, whose works celebrate the resilience and delicacy of the human being, I explore the tension between the individual and their environment, the tensions between the inner and outer in their physical and psychological dimensions. The body, as a home that must endure, also collapses. Strength and fragility coexist in a constant struggle, as the individual tries to build shelters that protect them from the vast, indifferent world.