What am I?

Within image culture has female beauty changed? This was the subject of my undergraduate dissertation, and how our perception of aesthetics of the female form has changed due to cultural and societal pressures, along with aspects of the brain. Examining the mechanics of the brain that process aesthetic encounters, it is clear that evolutionary forces have sculpted our brain and consequently our behaviour, with the overriding focus being on survival. Partners are chosen with a heavy focus on physical appearance, an advertisement of health and fertility and the ability to pass on genetic lineage. In the present day, images of women are notoriously manipulated which has led to the current rise in body insecurities and mental health problems associated with a body image that is no longer real or attainable. 

Taking inspiration from advertisements and their manipulation of images, my work layers’ digital images and artistic mediums over and over to create a 3D image, so mirroring the layers of societal culture that have subconsciously shaped me and raised my own insecurities.