Sonder

Works by Megan Altieri

Sonder illustrates the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as our own. In our awareness of even a single other person we begin to grasp the magnitude of the 7.6 billion coexisting realities all as specific and important as one another.

​Over the past two years, Altieri has gathered fragments of overheard conversations and hand-stamped them on articles of clothing matching those of the speaker. Displaying these garments on a series of clotheslines illustrates nakedness and openness, encouraging viewers to embrace vulnerability.

Sonder: Works by Megan Altieri opens at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts on March 27. Sonder won the Installation Public Vote Award at ArtPrize 2018.