MIXED MEDIA : ROTTON CORE
MUSCLE MEMORY
2024, BERLIN
105 X 122 CM
COTTON FABRIC, LATEX, MIXED MEDIA
FOLLOWING JUNG’S CONCEPT OF THE ACTIVE IMAGINATION, EACH WORK REPRESENTS SPONTANEOUS VISIONS BASED IN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS SERIES IS TO SHED LIGHT ON THE INNER EXPERIENCE OF UNCOVERING CHILDHOOD TRAUMA. THE EMOTIONS THAT ARISE IN THE AFTERMATH OF SUCH A RUPTURE ARE STILL LARGELY MISUNDERSTOOD BY SOCIETY. THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS COLLECTIVE RECOVERY IS OPEN DISCUSSION.
THIS BODY OF WORK CALLS ATTENTION TO OUR RELATIONSHIP TO ‘NEGATIVE’ EMOTIONS. EMOTIONS SUCH AS LONELINESS, DEPRESSION, AND DISTRAUGHT ARE EASILY IGNORED OR PUT ASIDE IN SOCIAL SETTINGS TO AVOID DISCOMFORT. IN TRAUMA, CONNECTION TO OTHERS IS MOST ACCESSIBLE WHEN NEGATIVITY IS ALSO EXPLORED IN RELATIONSHIPS. THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS TRAUMA BONDING, NOR IS IT THE SAME AS NIHILISTIC LULLING. THIS IS A RESPONSE TO NUMBING.
ROTTEN CORE
2025, BERLIN
40 X 54.5 CM
JERSEY FABRIC, KICTHEN COMPOST, MIXED MEDA
UKNOWN WALL
2026, BERLIN
40 X 30 CM
LEATHER, COTTON, MIXED MEDIA
WHAT REMAINS
2023, BERLIN
85 X 90 CM
COTTON FABRIC, SOLARFAST DYE