Matter

Matter is a series of images of hand dyed and chemically treated human hair introduced into a landscape. The images show a world where humans have become extinct and alien. The only traces left behind of them is their hair. The series explores the relationship between that of the human body, toxicity, and the environment.

The series came about while looking into the research being done into the links between environmental exposure to toxins, infertility and related conditions such as PCOS and Endometriosis. The hormonal changes brought on by these conditions cause hair loss. Endometriosis is a condition that has been and is sometimes still dismissed as a symptom of female hysteria.

The work is aesthetically inspired by the artist’s childhood love of 19th century scientific illustrations and 70s and 80s science fiction and fantasy films. The romantic aesthetic combined with the informative captioned text explores how aesthetics can affect how we engage with information.

The series questions our own environmental and emotional foot print, and the role they both play in our evolution and possible extinction as a species.