MIMIKO

Over the years, the body has been central to my art practice: human bodies, migrating bodies, emotional bodies, water bodies…

bodies that struggle

bodies that drown

bodies that float, that survive

bodies that ache, bodies that heal

bodies that kick, that knock over the rocks across millions of human years

bodies that endure

bodies that yearn

My earlier works demonstrate a specific interest in the human body as the most common outward manifestation of the sexual, psychological, emotional and sociological identities. Furthermore, my artistic research is deeply rooted in my own bodily experiences which includes a variety of physical activities such as Muay Thai, snowboarding, wave surfing. My interest in the power (and inability) of the human body (of all forms and capacities) and its potential to be the meditator to connect with non-human bodies grew with the practice of these various physical activities.

bodies that flow

bodies that break

bodies that break free

Refuting heteronormative perspectives and meditating on the complex human-nonhuman entanglements have led me to reflect in terms of interconnections and flows between supposedly separate entities —human and nonhuman— as I have been working towards exploring the expressions of flow or innergy as I like to call it: an amalgam of inner and energy.

Water can be said to be an intrinsic embodiment of the flow and in the new phase of my art practice I’ve been focusing on water-bodies. I’ve been interested in investigating what flow is as a concept that helps represent and interpret the world and relations with a more fluid, ever-changing and non-binary approach.

bodies that wave

waves that embody

Over the years, building upon various works investigating ways to connect to and through the body, my primary objective shifted towards transcending the body and my approach from a solitary practice of contemplating and reflecting towards one that creates collective experiences and knowledges in the new phase of my practice.