Commissioned by the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in 2024, Fernandes collaborated with FWM’s Studio team to create an installation of curtains and soft sculptures, designed to accompany an exhibition of the artist Scott Burton’s work (1939–1989). In a series of duets titled In Two, Fernandes has written dance scores that take Burton’s furniture sculptures as a point of departure to explore the duality of display and concealment in gay cruising culture—ideas that Burton had pursued throughout his career. Fernandes integrates specific gestures—“flip the wrist,” “clasp arm to the breast”—directly from Burton’s choreographic notes.

During his residency, Fernandes worked with the FWM Studio to create a set of curtains and soft sculptures to be activated by dancers as they oscillate between concealing themselves and seeking one another.