An attempt to navigate the landscape of the human body in relationship to the vastness of the night sky, Heavenly Bodies maps the visible to the invisible. These photo collages speak a secret language of symbols and connect the intimate to both the archetypal and the elemental. Unveiling the relations between the organic and the diagrammatic, Heavenly Bodies is a place where corporeal imperfections including freckles, scars and wrinkles, hint at a luminescent and transcendent beauty underneath the skin.
Presented in the negative, Heavenly Bodies aims to collapse microcosm and macrocosm into a single view by estranging what is familiar. The body of work sketches a self portrait by tracing the contours of my relationships with immediate family members. Operating in a spiritually hermetic space, Heavenly Bodies examines the idea of karma; I question what exactly have I inherited from my parents and what kind of exchange happens in the relationship with my beloved.
1612 Gallery
opening reception: Thursday, 20 May, 7-10p
gallery hours: Friday & Saturday, 21-22 May, 1-5p and by appointment
Emily Carr University Graduate Students' Gallery
1612 W 3rd Ave
Vancouver, BC V6J 1K2
604.732.5070
tech sheet (archival pigment prints)