“In my work, I want to achieve a certain lightness of being. If anxiety can be looked at as a metaphorical weight placed onto our mind and body, I want to seek a sense of weightlessness that can be achieved through the process of creating art and by relieving the pressures put on the body by society. By looking at the body as a material affected by gravity (weight) and light (photography), I am able to critique the patriarchal structures that have shaped my own body and life. This critique enables me to create a physical and conceptual space in which I can locate deeper connections between the body and our environment. May it be the greater outdoors, natural rock formations, the sea or even the environment and language of the photographic studio. These images allude to ideas of surrealism and dream-states; where things levitate, grow, transform from one form to another. I want to look at the body as if it’s in such a dream state, growing from materials and mistakes, floating and occupying space, making itself fluid so as to avoid any labelling. I want to compare the body to water bodies, allowing the fluidity we do with water to seep into the idea of how we look at ourselves. ”