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“My drawings represent the wake of life as we move through the water of time.
The body—as medium, as subject and as metaphor— has long inspired my work. I currently make experi- mental drawings based on microorganisms and the brain’s neuronal system. These works consider invisible living organisms and create impossible universes that aestheticize our understanding of what is real. Most of the images I use represent a variety of life-forms and contain the essence and energy behind these phe- nomena. For me, it’s as if the biological phenomena
of my brain has been transported through my body and hands onto paper. I cut, combine, paste, and draw into found and re-photographed images of bacterial and viral particles, organs, brain activity, and my own abstractions; they overlap and float in space. I frame and rearrange them in disorienting ways and play with the idea that these life-forms might combine and form relationships with one another. These drawings live at the edges of the recognizable. I am fascinated with scientific discovery as a source of creative inspiration.”
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Brains 1809
graphite, India ink, printer ink and paper, on paper 9'' x 12''
Julie Harrison