In
human beings, each cell normally contains twenty-three pairs of chromosomes,
which carry our DNA (genetic information) organized in 4 nucleotide bases:
adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine. All the data that dictates our body
and psyche. What will my eye colour
be like? Will I be more prone to contracting skin cancer? Will I be afraid of
heights?
The
artist handwrites her genetic information of each one of her chromosomes,
highlighting the self-construction of the self, basically “writing her own code”. She also plays with the tension between the dimensions: the
letters and numbers that shape absolutely her whole being, and that are present
in an infra minuscule way inside the deepest part of her cells, take on an
enormous dimension and are externalized to a gigantic scale, larger than the
human dimension. That intimate information is then poured into the public
sphere, exhibited and unbridled. Each piece within this series represents a
different chromosome, dyeing itself with its own color that bestows uniqueness
within our being.
