intensely embodied
Body/Politic is a series of jewels where the medium is part of the message. The two-toned grids of pixels represent lines of binary code. Each piece literally spells out a message on the body of the wearer; readable to those who can interpret binary, the language that is the foundation of our digital culture.
The messages reflect on the human condition, on how we are embodied, and what that means in a political sense. The words/phrases that became works in the first series include unrepresented body (left), your body is your vote (right), body, vote, power and more recently intensely embodied.
These pieces are personal and political. They are words that reflect on my own physical body and its position in the world, and on the bodies of others who are in significantly more compromised situations; bodies in combat areas, migrating bodies and those bodies suffering with illness.
Year2016 Mediumstainless steel, 925 silver, titanium Dimensions9 x 4 x 1cm on a 68cm chain Seriesbody/politic
