Installations & Conceptual Art

In this series of Conceptual Installations – Personal Narratives, Rodez explores the complex relationship with his mother, shaped by her struggles with mental illness. These works move beyond traditional portraiture or biography, unfolding as symbolic environments where memory, object, and image merge into layered meaning.

Visually, the installations often combine personal artifacts, constructed spaces, and mixed-media elements that evoke both presence and absence. The surreal arrangements reflect the disorienting experience of living alongside a loved one whose behavior often fell outside society’s definitions of “normal.” Each work is both an act of remembrance and a vehicle for transformation, balancing tenderness with confrontation and fragility with resilience.

By situating intimate history within a conceptual framework, Rodez expands the scope of narrative art. These installations invite viewers to consider their own thresholds of family, identity, and empathy, revealing how vulnerability can serve as a universal language of connection and understanding.