Annabelle Mödlinger joined the course this year after completing a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at Wimbledon UAL.
Her current practice can be described as an investigation into the actual and metaphorical slippages between material processes and lived experience. She asks if it might be possible to think of ourselves as ‘things’ subject to the material processes common to all living and non-living entities.
Recently her research has been focussed around the theme of corrosion and considers if it is possible to think about the corrosion of the self as a kind of ‘rust’, and if so whether our psychic defences can be likened to the destructive yet beautiful patina we find on metal surfaces?
Speaking about the Art & Material Histories MA Annabelle says that “the course has given her time to really think about the things she is interested in as well as creating a platform from which to articulate those things.” She describes her research as a kind of ‘digging’, and the work she does in the studio as a genuine ‘exploration’ of new territory.
Look out for more of Annabelle’s work in the Art & Material Histories MA interim show later in 2021.