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Abstract
In this paper, I question how portraiture can be represented through bedrooms, persona, and fabricated material. Drawing on Cynthia Freeland’s qualifying conditions of portraiture, I argue that fabultative bedrooms paired with a persona are one of the most all encompassing forms of portraiture. Utilizing the implied body and careful arrangement, I build these interactive sculptural rooms and create A.I. drag personas based on historical research about the women from the 1934 textile strike.The drag personas and bedrooms serve as materialization of this research and an artistic projection of these stories.