VCUarts Department of Photography and Film Thesis Catalog

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Kylie Newcomb is a performer, sculptor, writer and photo-videographer. Within the study of ecology, ancient rites, rituals, and shamanism...

Her words and gestures tell a tale of isolation; a wild othering of the self. In a world built for us to sit outside of, the magic and power of the earth has been deemed supernatural and Not of this world. We have grown accustomed to the predictable and mechanical. We have forgotten the definition of safe. Let us regenerate the social tissues torn by conflicts arising from distinctions of status and discrepant structural normalities. End of the use of your inside voice.

@kyliehoneycomb kynstud.io

Kylie Newcomb

There is an unconditional use of the body in Newcomb’s work. The body is her link, a pulsating conduit, indicating a place that is here and elsewhere. A body neutralized on a sexual and erotic level, A body rendered symbolic.

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