Jemima Mansell
Hard Bodies
“Can nonorganic bodies also have a life? Can materiality itself be vital?” (Bennet, 2009, p. 53)
‘Hard bodies’ responses to ideas centering around the vitality and intimacy of smartphones, As Mansell considers the overlooked of poetry in our relationships with iPhones through text based narratives which accompany a series previously used smartphones. In the work Mansell reimagines the iPhone as another body rather than just another material possession, inspired immediate technologies resonating presence in our everyday lives.
jemima.se.mansell@gmail.com
