Creatures persist in bizarre poses with acrobatic skills. Unclear whether captured or released from the body and unsure whether to persevere their state or develop further, these mystical creatures made the body their means of expression. Each creature seems to have developed its own pose based on its individual condition. Photographs of a dancing body were digitally collaged, printed out, re-shaped by folding and bending and coated with epoxy. The manipulation of the body-image with its perspective as well as folding and bending create spatial situations that are only possible through cross-media transformation. The almost performative character of the creatures create a theatrical image and allow the viewer to piece the story of the mythical creatures. Existence is primarily corporeal. Imagery of sick, disproportionate or suffering bodies offend us as the contemporary visual culture promotes refined and idealized images of the body. Modern technology encourages us to play and experiment with different poses and identities based around our own image. Today more than ever we see our bodies via images, and we seem to endure a kind of double vision: On one hand there is the perception of our own bodies, from which our “experiencing self” is constructed; then there is the gaze on our own bodies, trough which we objectify ourselves and strongly base our “narrative self” on. Between the two lie visual representations. As a result, we seem to be confusing the physical body with our body-image.
Skurrili – 2021
sculptural installation, color print on paper, nylon, spotlights,
10×10×10 cm – 80×80×80 cm
