Digital Catelogue
The 'Levitation' Series Exhibition - Oct 25'
'Synchronicity'
A beautiful duality of shared senses, creating an experience of the world that neither could ever have achieved alone. The abandonment of the senses to the trusted care of another is the bedrock from which the possibility of heightened exteroception can flourish.
By losing some senses, others are heightened... but we also unlock the potential to enable and entirely new sense... that is, the senses being experienced by the person who takes those senses away.
The duality is expressed here two-fold, in that the rigger has eyes but no mouth, and that the bunny has a mouth but no eyes. This piece hopes to express a nique variation of power-dynamics at play, where the 'powerless' are infact holding a great deal of control, as they observe their own bodily experience of the world (for which eyes are unnecessary) and communicate this verbally. Conversely, the powerful ultimately are reliant on verbal and visual communication from the powerless to maintain their legitimacy.
'PRY'
Inspiration drawn from the following creators:
📸 @lukabrne
🐰 @mistymayhemxo
🪢 @kritikl_
📍 @rope_dojo
'In Bloom'
The visual language of this piece tries to communicate the themes of vulnerability, acceptance, growth, resilience and evolution.
A figure is suspended in rope mid-air, holding a serene expression while their body is relaxed into a contorted bound position. Vulnerable and exposed to the world, they dangle helplessly and effortlessly in place. In actuality, their predicament is such that physically resisting this position would likely create distress rather than alleviate it.
Of anyone - Accepting our naturally vulnerable state offers a prospect for higher self-determination, and accepting the need to endure in vulnerability is also giving ourselves permission to grow and build resilience. Having embraced the gauntlet, we arrive at a point of harmony without our own nature, and from it we evolve in new and interesting ways. Parts of ourselves which were previously buried or hidden can find their way to the surface. Those beautiful things are in us always, but it is when we embody the fertile soil fertile soil for the expression of new ways of being
'Heartbound'
A rare anatomical piece which is designed to encourage a visceral response from the viewer. Consider the human form as flesh itself, that people are a composition of their base components. I invite the viewer to reflect on what constitutes our humanity: are we merely an arrangement of interconnected parts i.e. muscle, sinew, vessel... or does the act of being bound together, both literally and metaphorically, transform us into something greater that the sum of the parts? Thes objects do not exist in-of-themselves, they require 'context' to generate meaning. Much like the macroscopic forms of the entire human form in rope, it only exists properly when understood in context.
Here, the heart becomes both subject and symbol: the most vital organ, exposed and vulnerable, yet suspended within a system of (self) imposed / deliberate control. The ropes carve into its surface like external veins, echoing the stripped-back anatomy of the human form, where the boundaries between beauty and pain, surrender and tension, are blurred. Taking the heart as symbolic of the emotional register, the visual restraint is not merely physical, it is emotional, psychological, and intimate.
'Stitches'
'Threaded Flesh'
Inspiration drawn from the following creators:
🐰 @nest.of.ropes
🪢 @barefoot_juliette
📸 @alexisdleaphotography
'Veil of Secrecy'
An overlay snippet from the 'Inversions' Series which has relevantly been included as part of the showing for this series, as it does have a symbolic value in understanding the distinction made between areas of people's lives. The mutual co-existence of the taboo and the mainstream, to consider that those opposites as essential parts of one another. The 'veil' works as an allegory, and a symbolic tool to understand how all the varied and non-compatible parts of ourselves still need to observe and be observed differently to fully actualise the full spectrum of individuated personhood possible.
'Secure Ascent'
'Reverse Prayer'
This piece depicts a nude figure with bound arms , pinced in place behind their back in the reverent, yet wholly divergent, form of a reverse prayer. The visual language evokes both sanctity and subversion, echoing the iconography of religious devotion while simultaneously reclaiming the body as a site of liberation rather than shame. Woven with precision and care, this tie holds a meditative character and a tension that mirrors the quiet introspection of prayer itself. Yet here, prayer is redefined: not an appeal to external authority, but instead turning inward. Surrendering to balance, breath, and the mindful awareness of one’s physical and emotional boundaries. In this suspended stillness, the body becomes both temple and worshipper, where harmony is achieved not by being coerced into obedience, but through a self-determined and conscious seeking of vulnerability.
As an inversion of institutional religiosity, discipline without dogma, surrender without subjugation, it challenges the suppressive moral weight of conformity that institutional faith imposes upon the flesh in both the most brutal and the most subtle of ways. However, through an aesthetic appreciation of shibari, the act of restraint transforms into one of reclamation, where control becomes consensual, and exposure becomes an act of truth rather than transgression.
'Obscurity & Simulacra'
The artwork presents a surreal, truncated human torso—headless, armless, and without lower legs—suspended midair by delicate ropes in a shibari configuration. Rendered in translucent watercolour washes, the flesh appears both tender and unflinching, the gravity of the ropes insistently creasing the skin, blurring the boundary between restraint and support. When it is only a body (and no mind) is there a difference? In stripping away the identifying features of the human body, this piece becomes a study in essence rather than individuality, a reduced corpus where beauty arises not from perfection, but from vulnerability and the quiet dignity of form. The absence of face and limbs transforms the figure into a universal symbol, detached from ego and personality, allowing the viewer to encounter the human condition as raw anatomy, suspended between control and surrender.
Departing from convention, this piece challenged me to move beyond literal representation and engage with the surreal as a means of exploring other ways of understanding form. It explores the notion that the body, in its silent persistence, outlasts the noise of the mind. Where our thoughts, ambitions, and social constructs constantly strive for meaning, the body is anchored in breath, pulsation, gravity, presence and the erosion of time. This work invites reflection on that stillness, the meditative understanding that to inhabit the body fully is to momentarily transcend the self. In this suspended, depersonalised form, stripped of identity, its a quiet reminder that beyond all striving, we remain flesh, bone, and pulse... a simple, enduring rhythm beneath the complexity of consciousness.
This piece was inspired by a tie performed between the following creators:
🐰 @redheadkat7
🪢 @mistressj_67
'Al hilo del Tiempo'
Con mucho aprecio y gratitud a los artistas que inspiraron esta pieza. 🙏✨️
🐰 @mini.beast.ropes
🪢 @volcano_shibari
'The Judgement of Themis'
The artwork depicts Themis, the Greek goddess of Justice, suspended in a semi-seated position by shibari bindings that encircle her knees and chest. Her angelic wings hang motionless behind her, a symbol of divine aspiration now rendered heavy and still. A blindfold veils her eyes, echoing her traditional portrayal as impartial and fair, yet here that symbolism takes on a tragic irony. Here, she is blind not by choice, but by the overwhelming confusion of a world collapsing under its own contradictions which has condemned her vision of justice. A sword, her own sword of judgement, pierces her from back to front, glinting with the cold and capricious sting of betrayal. Her expression is calm, almost serene, yet it carries the quiet resignation of one who has witnessed the corruption of her own ideals.
This piece is a deeply personal reflection on the state of global politics and the erosion of justice in contemporary society. Themis, impaled by her own instrument of truth, becomes a symbol of self-destruction—justice undone by the very systems designed to uphold it. The suspension pose suggests both restraint and helplessness, the paralysis of conscience in an age where misinformation thrives, where governments and corporations manipulate perception, and where truth is no longer a collective pursuit but a contested battleground. The sword that once divided right from wrong now represents the obfuscation of truth, the weaponisation of narrative, and the consumption of human data to feed artificial intelligence and political power structures. The widening gap between wealth and poverty, the ongoing neglect of historical injustice, and the commodification of human experience, all contribute to this image of a world bleeding out under the weight of its own hypocrisy.
At its heart, the piece also carries the conviction of a distinctly feminist dimension. The decision to repeal Roe v. Wade, a fundamental attack on bodily autonomy and women’s rights, resonates powerfully through the figure of Themis as both a goddess and woman. As an emblem of fairness and protection, she has been violated by her own symbol of empowerment, her own weapon turned upon her. This back-stabbing impalement is metaphorically symbolic of the institutions that were meant to safeguard that population, but which have instead become instruments of oppression. The serenity on her face reflects not peace, but surrender and resignation. She breathes the collective sigh of a civilisation watching its principles corrode. The work invites viewers to confront that sense of helplessness, to ask whether justice can survive in a world that seems intent on dismantling its very foundations, and whether our capacity for empathy, fairness, and truth can endure when the structures meant to protect it have turned against us.
'Disolve'
Inspiration drawn from the following creators:
🐰 @roseandtheropes
🪢 @_emvertebrae
📍 @rope_dojo
'Phoenix'
'Phoenix' depicts a nude woman bound in an intricate shibari configuration, her legs crossed and arms tied behind her back, suspended in inversion. Yet, in the composition, the image itself is inverted. Her head appears at the top of the frame, transforming what is in reality a deep disorientation into a reoriented form of transcendence. This deliberate inversion challenges the viewer’s sense of gravity and control, echoing the inner upheaval that often precedes transformation. The gentle tension of the ropes against the body captures both vulnerability and strength, turning suspension into a metaphor for surrender, the act of releasing resistance in order to rise anew.
The title Phoenix speaks to the cyclical nature of destruction and renewal, the rebirth that can only emerge through the passage of suffering. In her bound, suspended state, the figure embodies the paradox of liberation through stillness and confinement. What may at first appear as restraint becomes a meditative act of interiority being unveiled, a quiet ascent through inward reflection and perseverance. The work invites contemplation on the ways in which struggle can lead to awakening, how through surrendering the exterior and silencing the noise of the world, one can discover the boundless serenity within.
'Fallen'
The first piece in the Levitation Series that belong to the sub-cetegory of Cherubs within that cohort. A personal favourite and responsible for all those which followed.
'Nested Equation'
Inspiration drawn from the following creators:
'Bounded'
An experimental component which sits between the Levitation and Inversions series, but still very much a part of this particular set.
Angeli Lapsi'
A person take on the notion of a fallen angel, literally leaving a galaxy of possibility. Again this sits between the Levitation and Inversions Series, but they do hold onw another closely, as this is the emotional journey of a return to terra firma after having time suspended in space.
'Meditations'
'Cradled'
One of the earliest iterations of this Series, inspiration was drawn from an anonymous source.
'Rapture'
Inspiration drawn from the following creators:
🐰 @annakidd__
🐰 Lumi (@lumilavish)
🪢 / 📸 @danydayze
