Vessura 24 – Vocoder

2023

1 x 29.7 x 42 cm / 1 x 11.7 x 16.5 in
Watercolour, crayon, pencil on paper.

Included in the series titled

Life Beyond Death

  • Silicone mask sculpture resembling a lifelike human head with a smiling expression, part of the work “Salieri,” a wearable prosthetic used in performance.
  • Silicone headpiece shaped like two winged forms joined at the center, each containing a small sculpted baby figure in relief. The piece covers the wearer’s head and face, merging organic and mechanical forms.
  • A dark sculptural form combining a fish and a human ribcage, shaped like a violin with strings across the ribs.
  • Pencil drawing of a suspended, androgynous human figure posed mid-air with strings attached to the wrists and ankles, resembling a marionette. Andrew Lloyd Webber has impregnated the figure’s belly, transforming the body into a hybrid instrument-like form.
  • Sculptural costume titled “Vocoder” from the Vessura series and speculative opera project. A pale, humanoid garment with a foetus encased in its abdomen and rib-like external structures, resembling a ritualistic biomechanical organism for vocal performance.
  • Digital rendering of a modified iron lung mounted on a wheeled frame. The 2.4 m cylindrical chamber has viewing windows, circular access ports, mechanical controls and integrated string-actuated mechanisms; functions as a hybrid modular synthesiser and motorized go-kart.
  • Latex stone headpiece shaped like two winged forms joined at the center, each containing a small sculpted baby figure in relief. The piece covers the wearer’s head and face, merging organic and mechanical forms.
  • Sculptural costume titled “Vocoder” from the Vessura series and speculative opera project. A pale, humanoid garment with a foetus encased in its abdomen and rib-like external structures, resembling a ritualistic biomechanical organism for vocal performance.
  • Silicone headpiece shaped like two winged forms joined at the center, each containing a small sculpted baby figure in relief. The piece covers the wearer’s head and face, merging organic and mechanical forms.
  • Silicone headpiece shaped like two winged forms joined at the center, each containing a small sculpted baby figure in relief. The piece covers the wearer’s head and face, merging organic and mechanical forms.