Project - (de)Humanised
In this project I experiemented with the concept of how we choose to humanise or dehumanise what we see and experience, focusing on the female form and sexual harassment, I came up with three different takes on how and why we may chosse to humanise or dehumanise as we interpret and digest something
‘Parsnip Legs’
- Plaster cast on wooden base 30cm by 20cm by 20cmThis piece looks at how we choose to humanise inanimate and non human objects or beings to create a connection. Whether it’s seeing faces in houses or limbs in carrots or parsnips, why do we see the human in these things. Aside from the playful and joyous aspect to this piece, it also addresses the way in which many of us relate to our own imperfections on the body. as a natural form, these parsnips will be seen as beautiful, however representing the human form it would be judged very differently
‘A little bit of...’
- moving image with sound (1min 05s)
This amination and sound piece delves into the world of data. Swamped on a daily basis of shocking statistics and information, it’s hard to take it all in and take into account what is experienced. Also, the way in which information is shared with the public in the media can take away the true human impacts of what gets reported.
In this piece I play with
the ambiguity of how we react to the sounds an images as more of a story is unraveled
‘Body shape expectations and self-ideal body
shape discrepancy in women seeking bariatric
surgery: a cross-sectional study’ - Series of Lino Prints (20cm by 30cm)
This series of prints took data from a medical paper that asked pre bariatric surgery patients of their choice of a range of sihouette sizes which they would relate to a specific emotional response/outcome post surgery. I found the choice of words very jarring, and the silhouettes a very dehumanised represenation. I therefore took this a step further and translated the scales that the options represented into squares - taking the ‘human’ represenation away completely, yet giving something more connecting, as the focus then is on the words.