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unit one at csm
'man-made intervention' 2024
fabric, ink, spray paint
swapping works project
'To-do'
this work was done by Alex Carey (BA fine art student), my task was to interpret it in my own way working from the original piece.
my response
i decided to answer Alex by fulfilling their 'To-do' list in the most unconventional way, making it a satirical overwhelming response to a very overwhelming checklist. using perishable items that i found skimming through their lists to items of clothing like socks, i piled everything together in one big unusable heap which was then served on a 'Silver platter'.
'Silver platter' 2024
manifesto
we were given the task of writing a manifesto and a piece of work to correlate or embody it. i felt disheartened by this project due to a strict word count of 500 words, which made me angry as i felt as my creative freedom was being crushed. i was struggling with the immense change that moving to London had brought. whilst also feeling like an imposter, like i wasn't good enough for my university.
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INCELDOM
Note to viewers:
This work contains disturbing imagery and text that may not be appropriate to all viewers - including topics of abuse, racism, misogyny, homophobia and terrorism.
This installation explores the concept of inceldom: a closed community of Individuals who harbour harmful and radical beliefs. 'Incel" stands for
'involuntary celibate and refers to people who blame women for their personal struggles, often spreading violent misinformation and misogynistic rhetoric. More recently, a parallel group has emerged, referred to as femcels, composed of women who express similar harmful views, but directed toward men.
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for this project i spent months researching this community, i joined closed groups under an alias posing as one of them, learning their own code language and symbols. this project took a lot out of me due to what i was consuming on a daily basis, however i felt it was worth having open discussions about this as anyone who has spent as much time on the internet as me will know about this community and the tragic things that have happened in result of it.
INCELDOM: LOLITA
This piece is a continuation of my "Inceldom" project. It explores the presence of women/girls within Incel communities-spaces defined by misogyny yet paradoxically drawn to hyper-feminine, anime-inspired personas. These girls romanticize mental illness, adopt infantilized aesthetics, and often guard their status by rejecting other women. Their presence exposes the contradictions at the heart of these online subcultures
