This design project weaves together concepts of gender, ownership, labor, and horror into a complex, multi-layered exploration. By focusing on "The Farmer's Daughter" as a micro-aesthetic, I reveal its underlying truths through a critical lens that challenges cultural perceptions and traditional power dynamics. The project uses architectural installations as spatial representations of the body—organized into three categories: composition, digestion, and sensation. These categories ground my research of gender, ownership, and the emergent uses of horror aesthetics as resistive mechanisms. Tasked with exposing the micro-aesthetic of "The Farmer's Daughter," I created a database that expands and recontextualizes all components of the animal through culturally relevant resources. The themes of labor, craft, ownership, and horror are critical to understanding The Farmer's Daughter. I connect these themes to the human body, both conceptually and physically. To express this connection, I developed three fabric-based material explorations: weaving, fabric framework, and the tensile properties of fabrics. These techniques were applied to slashed frameworks, producing physical spaces that embody the tension between repair and resistance. By creating these installations, I aim to provide spaces for participants of the micro-aesthetic and for broader communities who can benefit most from their impact.
