Quest to Self-Actualize in the Age of Commodification

digital painting of a figure in a futuristic environment of harsh shapes and bright colours
Quest to Self-Actualize in the Age of Commodification, 2024
HD Print on Archival Substrate
29″H x 49″W x 1.5″D

I have sculpted in clay a monumental female figure whose body is enmeshed in a landscape of organic and digital debris. The landscape is created from photographs that I have taken, disassembled digitally and recontextualized into a speculative space. Neon shards pierce the figure, representing invasive elements of consumer culture and suggesting themes of surveillance and digital commodification. My intention is to reveal how her body, once a vessel of agency, now feels mired in material and immaterial excess, a reflection of how consumerism colonizes even the innermost self.

Exhibition History

BARING DARING SHARING
presented at
Chilliwack Cultural Centre
Chilliwack, BC, Canada

October 23 to November 23, 2024
Organized by Susan Gorris

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