CARRYING IT ALL

A feminist drawing on mental load.

Translucent paper cylinders form a fragile structure around a dark center of basalt stones. Drawn lines extend across the surfaces like traces of thought, tension, and invisible weight.

Artistic Concept

The installation consists of multiple fragile paper cylinders arranged in a circular formation on a bed of basalt gravel. Continuous hand-drawn lines extend across and through the individual elements, creating a network of tension, accumulation, interruption, and repetition.

Transparent support structures stabilize the fragile paper bodies while remaining partially visible, becoming part of the work’s visual language.

Thematically, the work engages with questions of well-being, emotional pressure, invisible labor, and social responsibility. While resonating strongly with experiences frequently associated with caregiving and mental load, the installation remains open to broader readings connected to exhaustion, resilience, connection, and the accumulation of unseen burdens.

The spatial arrangement invites viewers to move around the installation and experience shifting perspectives, transparency, density, and interruption. Its visual accessibility allows for intuitive emotional engagement while encouraging personal interpretation rather than fixed narratives.

Carrying it All

paper, ink, plexiglass, basalt | 2026

spatial installation | 90 × 90 × 50 cm

CARRYING IT ALL translates mental load into space.

Fragile paper structures carry continuous drawn lines that move across fragmented bodies, making invisible pressure, accumulation, and emotional tension physically present.

The installation explores states of mental and emotional overload, focusing on the often invisible structures of responsibility, expectation, and continuous cognitive presence that shape contemporary life. Rather than illustrating psychological conditions directly, the work approaches mental load through material, spatial, and physical relations.

Fragility and persistence coexist within the installation: delicate paper bodies appear vulnerable and temporary, while uninterrupted lines continue across fragmented forms.

Award
art bv Berchtoldvilla Award 2026

Exhibition Context
A Line A Day
art bv Berchtoldvilla, Salzburg, Austria

CARRYING IT ALL

A feminist drawing on mental load. Translucent paper cylinders form a fragile structure around a dark center of basalt stones. Drawn lines extend across the surfaces like traces of thought, tension, and invisible weight.

A feminist drawing on mental load.

Translucent paper cylinders form a fragile structure around a dark center of basalt stones. Drawn lines extend across the surfaces like traces of thought, tension, and invisible weight.