'My sculptural practice is an ongoing study on trans embodiment and material metamorphosis, a practice that is full of resistance, reconfiguration, and the radical joy of be(com)ing otherwise. At the core lies an investigation into transformation, a persistent attempt to unmake, reshape, dismantle and recompose the known and the familiar into forms that defy categorisation.
Predominantly working with materials marked by prior function and cultural significance, I approach objects as artefacts that connect us to specific times and places. Each object imposes a series of associations, be it through its shape, materiality, or provenance. Some are wild or domesticated, others may carry a sense of gender, linking them to ideas of masculinity or femininity. Each object tells a story and evokes distant memories. Through the process of cutting, welding, sewing and stitching, I can intervene in their existing structures, and overrule the way we regard them. Even go as far as destabilising their categorisation, leaving them in a state of ambiguity to their beholder, forcing them into in-between states.'
„Hearken unto me, fellow creatures. I who have dwelt in a form unmatched with my desire, I whose flesh has become an assemblage of incongruous anatomical parts, I who achieve the similitude of a natural body only through an unnatural process, I offer you this warning: the Nature you bedevil me with is a lie. Do not trust it to protect you from what I represent, for it is a fabrication that cloaks the groundlessness of the privilege you seek to maintain for yourself at my expense. You are as constructed as me“ - Susan Stryker
