Pricks 2022

Pricks is a work of protest art that takes inspiration from Southwestern vegetation and subverts phallic association, re-centering female anatomy within the context of desert scape. The printed objects are a part of reclaiming the landscape I grew up in and inserting my queerness and femininity into a space where I had previously not felt secure enough to openly display it. With this project I aimed to create a biological guard and redesign the external surface of female anatomy to reflect a shared desire to protect against harm.
We instinctively insert human bias into nature, this work undermines a personal history of negative connotations to create a new reflection of identity. By framing vulvic imagery within a nocuous barricade, the assumption of tangibility and access is shifted. Societal representations of vaginal folds as beckoning, all-enveloping forms clash with metal wire woven into the framework. These pieces physically object to careless interaction and stand in defiance.