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Ilona Denton

We are Lichens

My work explores new myths; the human body not as an independent biological organism, but a symbiont of an integral ecology. Lichens are uniquely symbiotic. Separate organisms - fungus, algae and bacteria - adapt and grow together in a stable unit. Un-partnered women who are approaching post childbearing age consider their relationship to motherhood, and environment. Turned out in ‘siren-suits’ and dreaming of urgencies relative to their own biology, congruent with the slow, rumbling call of climate change, they balance thoughts of becoming a lone parent or childless / childfree. A chimeric paradox manifests as desire and loss in a dystopic, fictional future, highlighting the continual interplay between people and other species, for “we have never been individuals; we are lichens.” (Gilbert, 2014).

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Current Course:

University of South Wales  MA Documentary Photography

Adam Bennett • Ilona Denton • Adrian Fear • Matthew Keenan • Justin Keene • Paul Railton •

Courses:

Arts University Bournemouth
MA Photography

University of Brighton
MA Photography

University of Derby
MA Film and Photography

Falmouth University
MA Photography

London College of Communication
MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography

Nottingham Trent University
MA Photography

University of Portsmouth
MA Photography

Royal College of Art
MA Photography

University of South Wales
MA Documentary Photography

Ulster University
MFA Photography

University of Westminster
MA Photography Arts

Categories:

Documentary/Photojournalism

Pages:123

Commercial/Fashion

Pages:1

Landscape

Pages:12

Portraiture

Pages:12

Staged/Constructed

Pages:1234

Urban/Suburban Landscape

Pages:1