The Order of Things

This body of work examines domestic routines, roles, and systems, and the tension within them. Using constructed environments, the images begin with order but reveal its instability, where control gives way to pressure and what holds things together start

The Order of Things explores the structure of domestic life and the quiet tensions that exist within it.

Working within constructed home environments, I use color, repetition, and familiar objects to build scenes rooted in everyday routines: cooking, cleaning, caregiving. These are spaces and gestures that suggest order, predictability, and control. At first glance, everything appears in place.

As the series unfolds, that sense of order begins to shift. Repetition becomes pressure. Systems begin to feel restrictive rather than stable. Moments of containment give way to excess, interruption, and fatigue. What holds these spaces together also reveals where they start to come apart.

Many of the titles draw from common idioms, shared language that reflects collective experience. Within the images, these phrases take on new meaning, exposing the gap between what is familiar and what is actually felt. The expected meaning loosens, and something more unsettled emerges.

Rather than presenting a single narrative, the work moves through cycles of control, disruption, and quiet aftermath. It considers how order is maintained, what it demands, and what happens when it begins to fail, revealing a domestic space that depends on order, but is never fully held by it.