The audience becomes an integral part of your work, especially in these large-scale installations.
Yes, absolutely. In fact, in the early days, when my work looked more architectural, people would often ask about my relationship to architecture, or if I was an architect or had studied architecture. I didn’t. I was very much a sculptor, a conceptual artist, whose practice was rooted in sculpture. But I always said that my connection to architecture had to do with human scale. It had to do with that immersive component, of you as a viewer being immersed in a spatial context and negotiating that. (source: Teresita Fernández Interview by Helen Stoilas)
What is it like revisiting some of those early works?
It’s a kind of exercise in mining one’s past. In some cases, I was pleasantly surprised and found works in the show that felt very fresh and connected to the work I’m doing now, especially conceptually.
I was also surprised to see how well some of them had held up. I’m not talking about their physical conditions, but their kind of laser focus on specific themes that are still important to me. And how, as a young artist, I was very much unravelling these notions of the viewer navigating and way-finding on all of these different levels that are physical, and immersive, like you mentioned before, but also metaphorical and poetic. They have a lot to do with imagining and projecting oneself into different scenarios and spaces.(source: Teresita Fernández Interview by Helen Stoilas)
contextualise
to consider something in its context, 将…置于上下文中理解; 将…置于背景中考虑；
to contextualise it within that framework.
unravel
揭开；揭示
to unravel a mystery
揭开一个谜题
His story unravels.
他的故事慢慢呈现出来。
encapsulate [ɪnˈkæpsjuleɪt]
概括; 概述; 囊括
His ideas were encapsulated in a book.
他的观点已经被概括进一本书中。
He encapsulated the views of many conservatives.
他概述了很多保守派人士的观点。
to encapsulate a lot of the themes.
囊括了许多主题
happen to
碰巧是；恰巧是
My family happens to be from Cuba.
我的家人刚好来自古巴。
immersive
拟真的；沉浸式虚拟现实的；
it was immersive
它是沉浸式的
reflection
（镜子里的）映像;（水中的）倒影
She stared at her reflection in the bedroom mirror.
她注视着卧室中镜子里的自己。
tribute
致敬
The song is a tribute to him.
那首歌是对他的致敬。
The award was a fitting tribute to her years of devoted work.
这个奖项是对她多年全心全意工作的恰如其分的褒奖。
it referenced a design by (somebody) for (something)
It referenced a design by the Austrian architect Adolf Loos for a house that was never built for Josephine Baker.
它引用了奥地利建筑师阿道夫·罗斯为约瑟芬·贝克（Josephine Baker）设计的一栋房子。
They reference 17th-century formal gardens.
他们参考了17世纪的正规园林。
it was about
It was about different ways of looking at yourself and at one another. 是关于用不同的方式看待自己和对方。
to arrange by period of time
A lot of works are arranged sort of by period of time, but also by themes.
按时间顺序、主题，排列作品。