Wilhelmina Crookes

Ascham School

HOUSEHOLD MYTHS

Photomedia

My body of work examines the intimate tension between body and object, representing limbs merging with domestic items to form unsettling hybrids. My intention in this work was to blur the familiar and unfamiliar and convey how identity is shaped by the mundane. Through this interplay, I communicate absence and presence, inviting the audience to reflect on how we project ourselves onto everyday things and how they shape us in return.

My artmaking practice has been influenced by the study and interpretation of the following artists: Irving Penn, Alex Contreras, Anna Bu Kliewer, Cindy Sherman, Gerwyn Davies. Minor use of Photoshop AI Generative Fill to clean up small details on the hands in purple bottle (image 5) as well as fixing small details on the straw head (image 9).