island, 2019, 26.5x72.5x64 inches, Ivory soap bars, animal bones, Ikea kitchen cabinet

island (2022) assembles everyday and industrial materials—soap, animal bones, a sink, and IKEA cabinetry—reconfigured into the form of an altar. Removed from their original contexts, these objects are reorganized into a spatial structure that reflects the logic of ritual arrangement. The work considers the parallel between theological narratives of sacrifice and material processes of consumption and survival. In Christian doctrine, salvation is grounded in the sacrifice of Christ, continually reactivated through ritual remembrance. At the same time, biological life persists only through the incorporation and destruction of other life forms. Despite operating in different registers, both systems are structured around the logic of sustaining life through the loss or transformation of another body. Through this juxtaposition, Island reflects on how theological and material systems, though articulated differently, share underlying logics of continuity, dependence, and transference. The altar functions here not as representation, but as a structure through which these relations are materially and conceptually made visible.