Fictional Characters, 2026
If you could grow a tail, would you? How would it affect your movement, your sensations, and the way you experience the world? Could it influence your relations with others? Could the tail serve as a mechanism of protection, detachment, or adaptation in moments of threat?
Inspired by body horror, the project takes the form of a sculptural installation. I work with dyed fabrics, second-hand clothing, wigs, and horse-riding equipment. The materials are sewn, dyed, and assembled into new forms.
The speculative concept of a human tail serves as the starting point, exploring blurred boundaries between human and other-than-human bodies. Drawing from animal studies and critiques of speciesism, I am interested in how imagining new forms of coexistence can challenge established frameworks. The human tail becomes a symbol of wildness, reflecting on complex relationships within post-natural environments.
The tails suggest half-human, half-animal figures that resist fixed categories. The tail becomes a sensory extension of the body, linked to instinct, wildness, and the often-overlooked back of the body.
If you could grow a tail, would you? How would it affect your movement, your sensations, and the way you experience the world? Could it influence your relations with others? Could the tail serve as a mechanism of protection, detachment, or adaptation in moments of threat?
Inspired by body horror, the project takes the form of a sculptural installation. I work with dyed fabrics, second-hand clothing, wigs, and horse-riding equipment. The materials are sewn, dyed, and assembled into new forms.
The speculative concept of a human tail serves as the starting point, exploring blurred boundaries between human and other-than-human bodies. Drawing from animal studies and critiques of speciesism, I am interested in how imagining new forms of coexistence can challenge established frameworks. The human tail becomes a symbol of wildness, reflecting on complex relationships within post-natural environments.
The tails suggest half-human, half-animal figures that resist fixed categories. The tail becomes a sensory extension of the body, linked to instinct, wildness, and the often-overlooked back of the body.