Carlye Packer

At Carlye Packer, Emily Barker delves into the inaccessible nature of our built environments with exquisite minimalism. Illusions of Care demonstrates the destabilizing experience of people considered “abnormal,” “divergent,” or “abject” within the structural prejudices of built environments. The artist also exposes the demoralizing, bureaucratic process of trying to receive life-saving care within a broken health care system.  In Land of the Free (2012/2021), Barker presents a framed medical bill from Northwestern Memorial Hospital, showing an outstanding balance of $506,088.35…