KATJA ABBOTT

Sculpture

LOUDER and LOUDER
Every year life on our rapidly changing planet becomes faster, louder, hotter, brighter. How do we, as organisms with a not infinite capacity to process input, mediate the onslaught of sensory stimuli? With these protective suits I challenge my inclination to withdraw from the madness and become part of it instead. A robe adorned with keys to unlock doors, portals and escape routes. A suit made of reflective materials to repel visual, auditory and energetic noise. A bubble wrap coat to pad and protect – a buffer from the assault.

SKIN TOO THIN
In The Three Ecologies Guattari writes that we are being “mentally manipulated by a collective mass-media subjectivity”. The mechanisms of consumerism are infiltrating and saturating our unconscious dream imagery. We are called to reclaim our differences and resist this mass-media homogenisation. To maintain equilibrium amidst the media cacophony I frequent the dreamtime. These sculptures depict those who inhabit the peripheral zones between worlds. Pit and sawdust fired ceramic heads are juxtaposed with mono-printed fabric bodies.

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