Everyday Confinement
Everyday Confinement is an ongoing photographic project being developed into a spatial installation. The work examines incarceration, psychological restriction, and the regulation of space.
The project transforms familiar domestic architecture into environments of control. Surrounding landscapes are removed, architectural details are erased, and fragments of sky are inserted upon the structures. These altered homes become containers for a different kind of seeing: spaces associated with comfort and freedom are re-imagined through the logic of confinement.
The work is inspired by the environmental limitations experienced by incarcerated people: repeated exposure to the same surroundings, restricted movement, and controlled access to open air. Rather than photographing prisons directly, Everyday Confinement imposes those conditions onto ordinary spaces, asking viewers to confront how confinement can be psychological, spatial, and procedural.
In its intended installation form, the project expands beyond the photograph through backlit photographic surfaces, controlled lighting, and a timed audience experience. A central room would offer visitors a brief moment of visual openness before they are removed, echoing the limited relief of “yard time.” Everyday Confinement pushes beyond the barrier of a photo to impose limitations onto the viewer in a brutalistic theme of simplicity.