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Pandemic Time Warp

100 feet of 1/4 tubing wrapped with 7 ply waxed linen

Pandemic Time Warp explores the isolation, monotony, and chronic stress brought on by the global pandemic. Personally, the distortion of time has been both challenging and inspiring. Over the past year, days, weeks, and months seemed to either compress or stretch endlessly. Life in 2020 felt like a time warp—suspended between stillness and chaos. Home confinement erased the familiar markers that once structured my days, leaving time in a perpetual state of suspension. This disorientation was further amplified by a cascade of crises: a deadly virus, political upheaval, racial strife, and environmental catastrophes, all colliding in an overwhelming feedback loop.

In response, I began creating work that visualized the repetitiveness of time. Pandemic Time Warp is a 200-foot installation composed of ¼-inch clear tubing wrapped in black and red 7-ply waxed linen. Handwritten and typed messages are embedded between the fiber and tubing core, capturing the emotions that surfaced as the days blurred together. To reflect the artificial structure of time, I deliberately left portions of the tubing empty at the end of each working session, enforcing a visual endpoint to each day.

Alongside the physical installation, I collaborated on an audio component that plays during the viewing experience. 100 feet of tubing was meticulously measured and mapped into an indexed audio representation with the help of a musician. The result reflects the structure of the piece: 50.5 inches of clear tubing versus 49.5 inches wrapped in fiber, a balance that mirrors the tension between emptiness and entanglement.

This body of work serves as both a reflection of the infinite time loop experienced during the pandemic and a diary of my emotions. Through this piece, I have created a visual and auditory language that conveys what time has meant to me—how it warps, lingers, and continues to evolve.