This installation measures the human body against architectural structures — frames that both define and confine space. Within these large wooden forms, soft, slumped figures occupy positions of strain, rest, and quiet endurance. Their fabric bodies are fragile, unguarded, and persistently human in contrast to the rigid precision surrounding them.The work explores the tensions between vulnerability and resilience, between the frameworks that shape us and the bodies that resist. It reflects the conditioning that governs social identity — how we learn to move, to perform, to “fit” within invisible systems of expectation.As a twin, this examines mirrored existence and shared formation — how identity is built in relation to another, and how individuality is negotiated within closeness. The installation becomes both a personal and universal confidence course: a passage through which one’s sense of self is tested, stretched, and ultimately redefined.
Kathy-Lee Bourke | Art Studio 