Christina May Carey
Recalcitrance
Compulsive Reflex, 2022. C-Type print on Fuji Lustre, acrylic box frame, window film.
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Hydro-C-Zone 2022. C-type print on Fuji Lustre, acrylic box frame, window film.
Installation view. Left to right: Red-Eye, 2022, C-type print on Fuji Lustre, acrylic box frame. Scintigraphy, 2022, HD video, LED TV, stereo sound, custom steel plinth, castors.
Red-Eye, 2022. C-type print on Fuji Lustre, acrylic box frame.
Installation view. Left to right: Hydro-C-Zone 2022. C-type print on Fuji Lustre, acrylic box frame, window film. Compulsive Reflex, 2022. C-Type print on Fuji Lustre, acrylic box frame, window film.
Detail image. Hydro-C-Zone, 2022.
Detail image. Compulsive Reflex, 2022.
Scintigraphy, 2022. HD video, LED TV, stereo sound, custom steel plinth, castors.
Installation view. Hydro-C-Zone, 2022, C-type print on Fuji Lustre, acrylic box frame, window film. Compulsive Reflex, 2022, C-Type print on Fuji Lustre, acrylic box frame, window film. Scintigraphy, 2022, HD video, LED TV, stereo sound, steel plinth.
Recalcitrance is the tensioned unevenness of things that are seemingly slick—and the steadfast beat of our fallible bodies in reaction to them. The friction of our bodies: things felt in and through. A percolation or pressure, tracing an uncooperative mechanism, surfaces as puncture, perforation, blister or inflammation. A clattering resistance to a formulaic rhythm, emerged as wear then fracture. To unpick/make felt, subliminal messages located by subconscious states, or states/symptoms caused by illness and injury. The surrounding environment must be muted, turned down, the dull hum of reality on the periphery. Remnant images surface of misplaced memories or forecasts once filed away, awaiting future appraisal.
Text Christina May Carey. Editing and thanks to conversations with Tessa Bell.
