Polymer, Polymorph

The sculptures employ foam, velour and retro-reflective fabric to evoke the familiar shapes and patterns of upholstery and domestic furniture. Carved wax forms and plastics recovered from discarded cosmetics and household cleaning products are projected into and out of the textile surface. These extruding elements mimic the forms of grains, seeds and human reproductive organs.

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Polymer, Polymorph, explores the invisible processes by which toxic chemicals permeate our homes and bodies, harming human health, fertility and child development. Toxins penetrate the most intimate, domestic sphere of sexuality and family life in the form of seductive, attractive consumer products. These most artificial, human-produced commodities attract us with fetishistic design and packaging that imitates the curves and textures of natural forms and bodies. Toxins enter our bodies and disrupt cellular processes by mimicking hormones and compounds that occur naturally in the body.

 

Polymer, Polymorph aims to reverse the process of toxification, by which artificial materials and products corrupt biology through the imitation of nature. It does so by transforming the literal materials and objects that disseminate toxics to our homes and bodies via global markets into object, unnatural imitations of seeds and human reproductive organs.