Entrapped in Silence

Sarine Koundakdjian

This wearable sculpture explores the invisible weight of stress and its physical impact on the body. The thorn-like iron wires represent suffocation, pressure, and emotional entrapment, while the fragile gypsum reflects the body’s vulnerability under constant strain. Red pigments evoke internal turmoil, anger, exhaustion and fear, felt but unseen. By wearing it, I become both the subject and the medium, embodying the tension between fragility and endurance. It invites the viewer to feel the tension that builds within us, slowly invading both body and presence. It is both armor & burden.