I notice these sculptures are always placed on top of you, are you making a statement on the hierarchy and our relationship with nature?

 

Yes, in a broader sense behind the sculptures and the human body there is an allegory with ulterior meaning which is leading to the ecological destruction and the power that the man is oppressing with their different behaviours towards nature. The pressure that the man has placed over nature is somehow working with the same way that our society and social structures are working. On this wise, instead of coexisting and respect nature to have a symbiosis and a relationship of giving and take, consciously we decide to exploit it. On that respect, nature reacts, and all these environmental problems that have been created are used as a boomerang to us. Yet, the lack of vegetation in the presence of concrete walls and the urbanism alienates the society and it is as if the gas emissions of the hubbub are darkening the souls of the people. We are so tiny in front of our Mother nature, yet we still are trying to impose our power on it. Nature can offer generously so much to us, and at the same time, she can take everything back in the blink of an eye. Our relationship with nature is not how it was supposed to be thus 'hierarchy' is subjective according to each one’s perspective.
 

In your first piece, there is a photograph of you laying on the floor with this sculpture that has more resemblance to a tree, whereas the others are shaped more like an amoeba or a rock, is there a reasoning for this?

 

I believe that everyone can have their interpretation when it comes to art. I like the concept of the tree, but my interpretation is focusing on the environmental pollution caused by people and after all, people will be covered by it. I am laying on the floor to show that although the man is the creator of this era’s development, we are at the same time the destroyer of it. The only vivid colour I am using is pink in the first photograph. My concept is based on worms that are slowly moving but steady enough they invade the human body and generate infection or even can kill. The sculpture at this instant is used as a symbolism for the environmental pollution/climate change and the destruction that is being created in nature and consequently towards humanity. Regarding the sculpture which has been used on the rest of the photographs, I wanted it not to have a specific shape mere an amorphous object yet giving the idea of something heavy and dull which gives the impression of being oppressed towards man.
 

Do these pieces of sculpture have their own personalities?

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They seem to be quite oppressive. The sculptures likewise the human body are formed as a reflection of the wider message of the photographs. I would not say they represent a specific personality other than they have been shaped as symbolism for various important destructions over planet earth; hence, throughout each interpretation, they can transmit a different message/personality. In our present era, there are already some basic structures of our society that cannot be altered but eroding the biosphere. The juxtaposition of the soft flesh and the rough sculpture is reflecting exactly that feeling of the human body being oppressed by the rough reality we created on our own.