Taxonomy of Imagined Lives
Taxonomy of Imagined Lives examines the stories we construct from incomplete information.
Series I: She’s Got It in the Bag
People construct astonishingly detailed biographies from almost no evidence at all. Give us a shopping bag and we'll invent a life.
This project examines how an ordinary object — a shopping bag — becomes a proxy for identity.
What do you see in each of these images?
What kind of person shops here?
What do you see in each of these images?
What kind of person acquires knowledge here?
Series II: Interventions
Interventions examines the ways in which behavioral expectations are often disguised as style guidance.
Each work presents a recommendation for improvement: different shoes, a different bag, a different hairstyle, more approachable eyewear, brighter clothing. Individually, the suggestions appear reasonable. Collectively, they reveal expectations about visibility, approachability, belonging, and self-presentation.
What kinds of social conformity are disguised as helpful styling advice?
Series III: The Space You Deserve
The Space You Deserve presents a series of fictional luxury real estate listings. Each property is accompanied by architectural renderings, floor plans, site plans, amenity lists, and marketing language modeled on contemporary real estate advertising.
Privilege is not simply a matter of money. It is a vocabulary, a set of beliefs, and a story people tell themselves—and signal to others—about who they are and where they believe they belong.
What happens when aspiration becomes architecture?
