Statement of work

Genetic Make-up looks at behaviour, genetics, identity and image, dealing with how the potential loss of inherited gesture is prevented through continued use and exposure to generational behaviour. The work uses only women within the family addressing gender stereotyping. I want to discover how the influences of the people around us project onto our own lives. I invade the closeness within a family, intruding on their private space and publicly displaying it, forcing the subjects to represent themselves in front of a camera - showing the audience aspects of themselves they perhaps wouldn’t normally show. The work consists of portraits comparing the hereditary appearance of a generation within a family and a video piece to display manner and gesture.