Fighting The Flesh is about the body’s response. Processing to process. Trying to find a rational way through the irrational. Being confined by the body, fighting the self. Being stuck in the skin. Stuck with the self, stuck with the friction of what happened. The works deal with having a false sense of self-worth after being devalued. A journey through the eerie beauty within everything. It is about the surface and associations without guidance on how to convey meaning or reveal what’s hidden underneath. Trying to expel a stain from within. Leaving a physical impression in the space. Manipulating and melting images as a way of using the hands to reclaim the narrative. Having objects and materials clashing up against each other. The work asks questions. It is an experiential confrontation of what has been endured. Exploring what was lost and who or what has been left behind.
