Bulk
Objects, body & urban interaction
2021
The urban fabric surrounding organic bodies exerts pressure on both physiology and psyche, shaping how bodies move, inhabit, and respond to space. Architectural barriers, fences, and separated passages structure our behavior, creating a dialogue between body and environment.
I explore analogies between bodily forms and urban structures, investigating how human and non-human bodies co-exist, interact, and influence one another. By combining organic materials such as gypsum, clay, or agar with aggressive construction materials like threaded rods, metal mesh, or hollow bricks, I examine how the city imprints on the body, and how the body in turn transforms the perception of urban space. The objects interpenetrate, becoming inseparable, reflecting the entangled relationship between body and city.