Jana Maré’s recent practice explores performance in front of the camera using the artist’s body.
Using the artist’s body in open natural light, the work explores interior spaces, the psychology of the home left empty and forgotten. The body emerges as furniture, or a part of the architecture, lending to the space an exposed human presence, camouflaged and yet part of the urban interior landscape.
Maré states “To perform in front of camera – to appear sculptural and at times lifeless – makes me feel alive, especially inside forbidden environments with limited time to photograph. The work is intuitive with a sense of urgency and spontaneity”.
The photographs provide an exploration of identity. For the artist, the act of photographing, the performance, being photographed and then creating the physical photograph is a life cycle in itself and gives the artist a validation of existence.
The home is usually a place of comfort, order and safety, the artist has deliberately chosen houses and locations that are in a state of flux and change, show a disruption, distortion and discomfort to the usual placement of the body in a home.
You will find more from Jana Maré at: http://www.janamare.com/