SHEDDING is a life-sized cast of the artist’s body made from felted sheep wool through a participatory process. The wool is laid directly onto the body, wetted, compressed, and felted by the hands of others until it forms a thin shell that can be removed and suspended as an effigy.
Drawing on funerary forms and processes of moulting, the work considers the body as a surface that can be impressed, shed, and remade. The human figure is formed through animal fiber, bringing human and animal bodies into direct material relation. The cast is displayed alongside a collection of natural and discarded remains gathered in Saudi Arabia, from snake skins to plastic bags, extending the idea of shedding across biological and synthetic matter.
Developed during INTERMIX Residency, Ministry of Culture of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2023
Curation by Tara Al Dugaither
Drawing on funerary forms and processes of moulting, the work considers the body as a surface that can be impressed, shed, and remade. The human figure is formed through animal fiber, bringing human and animal bodies into direct material relation. The cast is displayed alongside a collection of natural and discarded remains gathered in Saudi Arabia, from snake skins to plastic bags, extending the idea of shedding across biological and synthetic matter.
Developed during INTERMIX Residency, Ministry of Culture of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2023
Curation by Tara Al Dugaither
