Artist statement: Combining photographic self-portraiture and costume making, my work is an ongoing inventory of selves that are assembled, worn and performed for the camera.
Through the layering act of dress, the body is used as a platform for reinvention, concealing the body in order to reveal new articulations of self.
Prioritising the excess and artifice of camp, these manicured bodies are finally reconciled into photo assemblages of space.
Hyper real spaces that serve as digital habitats for the material self and experiment with the possibilities of how we may represent ourselves through the photograph.
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Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
