Fragile Intangibilities

Creator: Daphne Arthur

Title: Fragile Intangibilities

Publisher: Project for Empty Space

Date: 2025

Language: English

Description: Fragile Intangibilities comprises 11 hand-sewn silk organza camping tents; each suffused with ink drawings inspired by Arthur's interviews with fellow immigrants. The work reaffirms diaspora as a living condition of resilience; family reunification; and sacrifices made aspiring for viable futures. The tents propose migration as a process allowing hybrid identity; not defined by single location or monolithic group.

Subject: Textile art; Migration in art; Immigrant experiences; Interview-based art

Type: Installation

Format: 11 hand-sewn silk organza camping tents; suffused with ink drawings

Rights: External resource

Documented by: Gabriella Wright & Archivo Venezuela

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News report

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Identifier: VDA-VA-015

Collection: Visual Arts

Tags: collaborative art, community, displacement, Family, home, identity, memories, Resilience, Venezuelan migration

Citation: Daphne Arthur, Fragile Intangibilities, Project for Empty Space, 2025, accessed September 22, 2026, https://archivovenezuela.com/en/items/show/1136