Worn

The shirt—a symbol of both protection and confinement—becomes a site where trust is tested and limits are stretched. The performers’ bodies, tethered to the fabric, navigate an intimate struggle, embodying both connection and distance, strength and fragility.

Through this physicality, “Worn” delves into the precariousness of emotional boundaries, where closeness risks fragmentation. The shirt’s materiality—pulling and giving way with each movement—mirrors the delicate balance between holding on and letting go, between the power of connection and the vulnerability it demands. The performers’ struggle with the fabric mirrors how we often seek closeness, even when it stretches or limits us, revealing the deep paradox of needing others while fearing the loss of ourselves.


This work, currently in process during my residency with the MAI mentorship program under Angie Cheng, continues to evolve as an inquiry into the limits of physical and emotional endurance, exploring how bodies can communicate both the weight of isolation and the complexity of trust.