TENTACULAR | TENTAKULÄR (2026)
Fine-Art Photography on Paper, Series of 8, 60 × 60 cm / 30 × 30 cm
Tentacular | Tentakulär reflects on the body as a privilege, shaped by the circumstances we are born into and the expectations placed upon it.
The series of eight photographs explores family dynamics, birth and the socio-political conditions that precede our lives, such as geopolitical origins and social belonging. It reflects on care work, role distribution and the expectations placed upon bodies and ways of living, questioning the privileges that come with the circumstances of one’s birth.
Inspired by the octopus and its many tentacles, the series explores care, responsibility and the overextension of the individual body. Amorphous body extensions refer to the multitude of tasks associated with care work, asking: How much can a body carry?
Transparent silicone partially envelops the body, evoking a state between fragility and protection and recalling birth, vulnerability and the membrane of the amniotic sac. The figure moves between human form, sculptural subject and non-human organism, becoming a poetic counter-figure in a state of becoming - between enclosure and connectedness, protection and vulnerability.
The series of eight photographs explores family dynamics, birth and the socio-political conditions that precede our lives, such as geopolitical origins and social belonging. It reflects on care work, role distribution and the expectations placed upon bodies and ways of living, questioning the privileges that come with the circumstances of one’s birth.
Inspired by the octopus and its many tentacles, the series explores care, responsibility and the overextension of the individual body. Amorphous body extensions refer to the multitude of tasks associated with care work, asking: How much can a body carry?
Transparent silicone partially envelops the body, evoking a state between fragility and protection and recalling birth, vulnerability and the membrane of the amniotic sac. The figure moves between human form, sculptural subject and non-human organism, becoming a poetic counter-figure in a state of becoming - between enclosure and connectedness, protection and vulnerability.
THANKS TO:
St.Virgil Salzburg Bildungs- u. Konferrenzzentrum, Salzburg
Supported by funding from:
Bildrecht Wien
St.Virgil Salzburg Bildungs- u. Konferrenzzentrum, Salzburg
Supported by funding from:
Bildrecht Wien
