Visual Arts + Tech
Stevens Institute of Technology
Like Teeth
Aleksandra Kryznowek
From the bright lights, tacky advertisements, and antiseptic air, the dentist's office is a place that inspires fear and anxiety in the average patient. Despite its prevalence, there is little opportunity to overcome feelings of dental anxiety. ‘Like Teeth’ is a multimedia installation that reintroduces the viewer to that anxiety. Through storytelling, imagery, and atmosphere, the artist creates a space where the audience can acclimate to the unease at their own pace.
Fabrics are sewn together to represent the essence of specific memories, some as simple as roasting marshmallows during camping trips to the many hopscotches created with her grandfather to the homes she grew up in.
Certain patterns also represent members of her family, including those that are gone but never forgotten.