THE METAMORPHOSIS SERIES
Performance Still, Metamorphosis I, 2023, House of Annetta, London. Image: Matt Kelly
Through durational performance and installation, the Metamorphosis series imagines a utopian sanctuary where expanded gender identities can be explored without disruption - a dream of a space that protects and nurtures the transformative process of self-discovery.
Each work manifests as an intricate silk cobweb gradually spun in response to its site. Drawing inspiration from the sanctuary-building and metamorphic practices of insects, the series pays material homage to the protective function and transitional history embedded within silk thread. These insect processes are borrowed as ritual acts that create tangible networks of queer safety and honour the continuous labour of self-exploration.
METAMORPHOSIS I
House of Annetta, London, September 2023. Duration: 14 days, 98 hours
iMAGES: mATT kELLY
mETAMORPHOSIS II
Karl-HeineStraße, as part of Lichtspiele des Westens, Leipzig, December 2023.
Duration: 1 day, 8 hours
iMAGES: cOURTESY lichtspiele des westens
METAMORPHOSIS III
Gaffa Gallery, Gadigal Land/Sydney, February 2025. Duration: 13 days, 95 hours.
images: nena salobir
