Phyle

2018
Bisque fired clay (Stoneware, Earthenware, Earthstone and Calcium Bentonite), laser engravings on leather, surgical steel, spray paint, rubber, dimensions variable

Phyle negotiates the representation of the members of a primordial tribe, departing from the sound piece produced for Suggestions and Encounters: Physical or Otherwise. Their bodies exist in a state of flux, caught between becoming and unbecoming. Shapes that emerge from their clay bodies suggest symbols and become a semi-visible language in a state of perpetual motion, registered on strips of leather.

phyle n. clan, tribe, people \ ˈfī-(ˌ)lē \
[from Greek φύω (phyō), to produce, germinate, grow. Derived from ancient Greek φύεσθαι, to descend, to originate]