A Question of Perfection 


Installation

165 x 175 cm 
Mixed media 
If fantasy is imperfect due to its impermanence, what is perfection and can it be defined? Investigating the uncertainty of what perfection is. Research into the perfect functions of insects that are aesthetically repulsive but practically flawless. Developing still life paintings that are expected to be aesthetically perfect but depict objects that have expired their functional use. Each corresponds to three stages of life in parallel to the three different insect functions.

An installation amplifying functional perfection over the superficial notion of aesthetic perfection. Research derived from Rudrauf’s essay ‘Perfection’. Installation film details each perfect function of the insects. The planarians have the ability to regrow limbs, the stag beetle retains its balance due to its tripod-like leg structure withstanding electric signals, while the ants form an ant mill - an extreme state of perfection as they circle to their death.

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