[2020]
the series investigates the relationship between the body, authority and protection, drawing from the visual language of police and military armour.
five objects explore the tension between vulnerability and control, juxtaposing military-inspired forms, including holsters and protective structures, with cactus-derived leather, bamboo silk, hand-textured, gold-plated hardware and floral embroidery incorporating gilded threads and glass beads. the interplay between utilitarian forms and ornament challenges conventional notions of armour.
the accompanying photographic series was developed in collaboration with new york-based artist mitchell cooper and model jay wright. in a live sculptural performance, cooper translated wright’s body into a sculptural form, subsequently presented alongside wright herself, with objects placed on both. the work examines asymmetrical power relations through the act of representation, foregrounding the artist’s authority to interpret and reproduce the subject’s form. the juxtaposition of the living body and its sculptural double complicates distinctions between subject and representation, agency and authorship.
[2020]
the series investigates the relationship between the body, authority and protection, drawing from the visual language of police and military armour.
five objects explore the tension between vulnerability and control, juxtaposing military-inspired forms, including holsters and protective structures, with cactus-derived leather, bamboo silk, hand-textured, gold-plated hardware and floral embroidery incorporating gilded threads and glass beads. the interplay between utilitarian forms and ornament challenges conventional notions of armour.
the accompanying photographic series was developed in collaboration with new york-based artist mitchell cooper and model jay wright. in a live sculptural performance, cooper translated wright’s body into a sculptural form, subsequently presented alongside wright herself, with objects placed on both. the work examines asymmetrical power relations through the act of representation, foregrounding the artist’s authority to interpret and reproduce the subject’s form. the juxtaposition of the living body and its sculptural double complicates distinctions between subject and representation, agency and authorship.