Studio for Immediate Spaces
Pam Virada+
“Pam Virada traces ghost stories by women from Confucianist China. In her thesis,Feng Shui As a Coping Mechanism (2022), she argues that the origin of feng shui is not truly the capitalist feel better that society promotes, but rather a way that women stuck in patriarchal structures found ways to protect and look out for themselves in their confined home environments. It’s as though they created a sixth sense out of exigency, from lack of control of their bodies, mind, money and housing. A heightened awareness kicks in, information leaking through walls, stories, ghost whispers, and affect.”
Excerpt from an essay on Pam Virada by Pelumi Adejumo