Modeling a Monumental Window

My single-hung window, accompanied by old wooden flooring, was inspired by the 50-meter red ceremonial cloth that bore the names of each indigenous child and the schools they attended commissioned by The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. The cloth was created to break the silence over the fates the thousands of children who disappeared during the decades the Residential Schools operated

I altered the cloth to be hung as curtains on both sides of the window, which is my main object. The window is a single-hung, which is the same window-make you would find at many Residential Schools. The frame, head, rail sash, and stool are all constructed with wood, while the grilles are made from thin paper. The rest of the wall is left blank –contrasting. The subject of the gaze is positioned with the school, attempting to put them in the shoes of the deceased children.