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This series of works interrogates the multifaceted nature of transition, delving into both its structural and conceptual dimensions. The sculptures fuse themes of transformation, flux, and processuality, drawing upon the motif of alchemy as both metaphor and aesthetical vehicle. Although alchemy is often relegated to the realm of the obsolete within scientific discourse, its central pursuit—of transmutation and metamorphosis—remains an enduring and profound metaphor for human aspirations, as well as a potent lens through which to explore transformation in the context of identity.
Alchemy and its tendency to whimsical, unnatural and limitless creations inspired many stories and tales over the past century. In all of these, there is a kind of queer longing expressed; people who, like Shelley‘s Dr Frankenstein, want to create something new, a new construct of a new technology, perhaps in response to their own sense of loss or strangeness. In...More
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This series of works interrogates the multifaceted nature of transition, delving into both its structural and conceptual dimensions. The sculptures fuse themes of transformation, flux, and processuality, drawing upon the motif of alchemy as both metaphor and aesthetical vehicle. Although alchemy is often relegated to the realm of the obsolete within scientific discourse, its central pursuit—of transmutation and metamorphosis—remains an enduring and profound metaphor for human aspirations, as well as a potent lens through which to explore transformation in the context of identity.
Alchemy and its tendency to whimsical, unnatural and limitless creations inspired many stories and tales over the past century. In all of these, there is a kind of queer longing expressed; people who, like Shelley‘s Dr Frankenstein, want to create something new, a new construct of a new technology, perhaps in response to their own sense of loss or strangeness. In...More
