Annabelle McEwen, Maculate [Self Scan], 2025, image transfer on Polylactic acid, 230 x 230 x 5 mm
Annabelle McEwen, Maculate [Self Scan], 2025, image transfer on Polylactic acid, 230 x 230 x 5 mm
As our autonomy is skewed, content we consume is puppeteered by commercially driven algorithms, and our bodies are targeted. Maculate [Self Scan] presents stained imagery of my body in motion. The imagery of the body undulates with the fluidity of the chainmail, an armour designed to unify with the body in an act of protection. This questions how we can protect our bodies from the insidious distorting capabilities of the commodified virtual gaze. My body is maculate within the maelstrom of altered and curated content. Staining a digital depiction of my body onto printed chainmail is an act of error and glitch, rupturing the artifice of the image.
Install photograph of Edition 6 at Our Neon Foe, photography credit: Jennifer Brady
Install photograph of Edition 6 at Our Neon Foe, photography credit: Jennifer Brady