Creating a ‘playground sculpture around the themes of letting go, not defining myself by boxes or fitting a round peg into a square hole, but embracing the multi-dimensional aspects of one's being, letting go of those restrictive preconceived and pigeonholing narratives.
Rachel Collier-Wilson (They\Them)
Exquisite Corpse of Identity
Painted and drawn MDF Boxes, 55 x 55 x 180 cm
Exhibited as part of Queerfest Norwich in the exhibition ‘Interrupt’ February 2024
“Playing with the idea of gender. Something that is not taught in the playground. I constructed a life size pile of building blocks which can twist to change the view of my different personas. Each block can be twisted to combine different elements of the characters portrayed.”
Referencing works such as exquisite corpse game from the surrealist movement, combined with imagery addressing identity, gender and a superhero persona ‘Super dyke’ : Invisible Lesbian; In Death, Still Lesbian; All The Fun of The Bear; Super Hero Dyke.