Take Me With You
“Take Me With You” is an immersive installation work
that delves into my personal guilt
surrounding my trans identity, without seeking liberation,
but rather finding co-existence with my previous self;
a portrait of resilience.
Spring 2025
Integrated Media Thesis Project
Designed and executed by Grace Dashnaw
that delves into my personal guilt
surrounding my trans identity, without seeking liberation,
but rather finding co-existence with my previous self;
a portrait of resilience.
Spring 2025
Integrated Media Thesis Project
Designed and executed by Grace Dashnaw
Brief Synopsis
Through personal anecdotes and reflective narrative expressed through interactive sculpture and a morphing environment,
this work navigated the struggles of reconciling childhood experiences with newfound authenticity.
Viewers were participants, and shuffled through collages of text, video, and audio through sensor activated sculptures and environments. This created a non-linear understanding of the work, culminating in a performance on Thursday, 03/19, in which I activated the sensors in a specific order to reveal a linear narrative.
This piece came from my personal experience growing up fat, feminine and religious, in an attempt to understand the disconnect I feel from my childhood through physical manifestations of my emotions.
This work evoked feelings of dissociation, yearning, and nostalgia that I feel when I reflect on growing up in a body that did not feel like my own. My later realization of my own queerness means I still distinctly remember feeling trapped, lost, and restricted.
I explored themes of depression, gender dysphoria, family dynamic, and body dysmorphia through this work.
Photo Documentation
photos by Grace Dashnaw, photos of the artist by Lilliya Le Neveu Video Walkthrough
Performance Documentation Preview