Rat Race

2019

785 x 380 x 270 cm / 309 x 150 x 106 in
Mannequin forms, plaster and resin casts, painted canvas, wood furniture, textiles, artificial foliage, glass vessels, liquids, fruit, metal implements, netting, paper ephemera, and found objects.

Included in the series titled

RAT RACE

  • Silicone mask sculpture resembling a lifelike human head with a smiling expression, part of the work “Salieri,” a wearable prosthetic used in performance.
  • Silicone headpiece shaped like two winged forms joined at the center, each containing a small sculpted baby figure in relief. The piece covers the wearer’s head and face, merging organic and mechanical forms.
  • A dark sculptural form combining a fish and a human ribcage, shaped like a violin with strings across the ribs.
  • Pencil drawing of a suspended, androgynous human figure posed mid-air with strings attached to the wrists and ankles, resembling a marionette. Andrew Lloyd Webber has impregnated the figure’s belly, transforming the body into a hybrid instrument-like form.
  • Sculptural costume titled “Vocoder” from the Vessura series and speculative opera project. A pale, humanoid garment with a foetus encased in its abdomen and rib-like external structures, resembling a ritualistic biomechanical organism for vocal performance.
  • Digital rendering of a modified iron lung mounted on a wheeled frame. The 2.4 m cylindrical chamber has viewing windows, circular access ports, mechanical controls and integrated string-actuated mechanisms; functions as a hybrid modular synthesiser and motorized go-kart.
  • Latex stone headpiece shaped like two winged forms joined at the center, each containing a small sculpted baby figure in relief. The piece covers the wearer’s head and face, merging organic and mechanical forms.
  • A dimly lit, surreal artist’s studio filled with mannequins, masks, plants, and a figure bending forward among scattered objects and fruit.