kayla tange
Intergenerational Rupture by kayla tange  Image: Taking the language of inheritance into the body—into grief, cancer, and endometriosis. Built from discarded costumes and fabric, the red form marks how illness and loss split across generations, turning what is passed down into wound, fracture, and scar.
It’s about grief
It’s about cancer
It’s about desire
It’s about the chemicals that are here to stay
It’s about endometriosis
It’s about fast fashion
It’s about waste
It’s about longevity
It’s about mourning the loss of time
It’s about what the hair holds
It’s about endocrine disruption 
It’s about health anxiety
It’s about lust
It’s about seeking at all costs
It’s about mourning an unsustainable career
It’s about the dreams and nightmares I’ve had
It’s about my ancestors who suffered before me
It’s about my mother's early death and if I have the same fate
It’s about viewing my body as a monster.
Taking the language of inheritance into the body—into grief, cancer, and endometriosis. Built from discarded costumes and fabric, the red form marks how illness and loss split across generations, turning what is passed down into wound, fracture, and scar. It’s about grief It’s about cancer It’s about desire It’s about the chemicals that are here to stay It’s about endometriosis It’s about fast fashion It’s about waste It’s about longevity It’s about mourning the loss of time It’s about what the hair holds It’s about endocrine disruption It’s about health anxiety It’s about lust It’s about seeking at all costs It’s about mourning an unsustainable career It’s about the dreams and nightmares I’ve had It’s about my ancestors who suffered before me It’s about my mother's early death and if I have the same fate It’s about viewing my body as a monster.
  • kayla tange
  • Intergenerational Rupture, 2025
  • Performance ephemera, old costumes, wood, canvas, polyester, rayon, nylon, plastic, acrylic paint, cotton, spandex, synthetic hair, glass, ceramic
  • 41 x 31 x 10 in (104.14 x 78.74 x 25.4 cm)