– Window Box Gallery –
• My mouth is filled with his ovaries I hold them, here: between my teeth O (dentist) get these birds nests out of me! (my body is not big enough) How do you fertilize what cannot be? Mason, Jordaan. “Bird’s Nest”. Spotify •
My piece is heavily influenced by the imagery Jordaan Mason draws lyrically in his concept album, “Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head”; an album Mason describes as “the confusing ordeal of being a human”. His album uses intensive animal imagery and speaks on body dysmorphia, as well as finding euphoria through queer love.
I drew inspiration from the works of Juz Kitson while fabricating this androgenous and ambiguous form, predominantly alluding to the female form. This structure responds to the body as a site, the womb as nest. I’ve introduced an anthropomorphic quality to the “womb” being full of foraged materials like a bird’s nest would have: leaves, sticks, and eggshells. The choice of fabric, familial patterned tablecloths bring the theme of domestication as well as a softness. It’s textures tempt the spectator to feel and explore; it invites an invasiveness.
Birdsnest. 12” x 20”. Fabric, Foam, Fur, Natural Foraged Materials. 2023
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