upcoming projects [w.i.p.]
'castles of grass'
Sculpture made of resin and human feces.
Although vulgar, in this project I aim to explore ideas of abjection through the concept of partial digestion and rejection. With the idea of semi-digestion and bodily rejection coming to represent psychological and emotional rejection as some things we can't or struggle to digest.
Using foods and materials that the body's digestive system cannot handle, I hope to channel and explore the themes of refusal.
The idea of abjection plays a key theme is this piece, bringing internal processes to the forefront - encouraging us to face the inside. With reference to Julia Kristeva's Powers of Horror, I intend for the viewer to confront their 'internal reality'. With reference to the Tate, I endeavour to make the viewer 'explore themes that transgress and threaten our idea of cleanliness and prosperity with reference to bodily functions'.
Through the use of the impure, my goal is to flip the narrative and become pure by excepting these products of myself as part of me. With the digest system's natural processes being limited, I aim to push the limit.
What is usually considered waste is in some ways so valuable as it can tell us so much about ourselves. Once products that are usually flushed away become pieces of art and are put on a pedestal we are forced to recognise their value.
select day waste cups
With the aim of understanding what byproducts come from our daily actions, on select days I am choosing to keep and put inside clear plastic cups all the tags, receipts, cigarette buts, scrap bits of plastic that would normally be thrown away without a second thought. Through doing this I hope to gain a better understanding on my impacts on the environment.
Influenced by my time at a zero-waste festival, I seek to a better understanding 21.C waste.
'it takes a muscle to fall in love'/'two-man job'
A chair-like sculpture with a large inflatable cushion with connecting foot-pump. With the intension of showing visually how everything we do has an effect on others - the very act of sitting in the cushion makes it deflate therefore rendering the person who pumped it up last's actions useless/appear useless.
