come as you are, expanded

come as you are, expanded is an extension of my research on the slippery relationship between body and image and material. The aluminum foil figures are reflective, pliable, sensitive, fragile, yet have an integrity and can hold themselves up. Like bodies, their material has limitations and proclivities. Like images, they are flat. Becoming a feeling, empowered body happens again and again since human bodies are cyclical systems. This repetition is reflected in the animation process. Each gesture is a repetition of touch between the animator and the figure. The viewer’s experience of sequence depends on how they move through the space.