Coven Magazine - Issue 7 - Spring 2014

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labels, giving each of them a moment in the limelight. I guess, I like lifting the mundane and overseen from the dust and giving them some little stage. Does ‘the everyday’ continue to intrigue you?

to omnipresent pressure as we exert control over our own vessels, regulating them, adhering to some norm. I think this is where my desire to investigate the body further grew, along with the need to understand the constitution of my own identity.

I must say, I’ve stayed fairly loyal to this fascination with the banal. However, over the last year, I've started a slow shift towards focusing on the human body, or more specifically, the body as a consumer. The body is self indulgent and perpetually caressed by choice on the one hand, and on the other hand, has to bend

I have been always drawn to societal workings and mechanisms, either as devoted observant or active participant. As an illustrator, the urge to observe, record, and visualise the stories of our complex culture and society feels vital. Writer Susan Sontag said that we are increasingly discovering the world by depicting it, and


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