
In Breathe Forever, I explore the emotional and physical analogy between plant and human. I took inspiration from Vanessa Watts Powless’ Indigenous Place-Thought, and reflected on the relationship humans and non-humans had with their space. The subjects are taken away from their natural, constructed environment, and are placed into an unfamiliar and detached place. (The white backdrop represents emptiness and a blank space). I wanted to showcase how these subjects behave in its own agency; apart from its original environment. A wilted potted plant was chosen to be my subject, because it is being confined and domesticated in a small container. The model acts as the human but also the personification of the plant. She is still and emotionless. The figure and plant portray similar (facial and) body language. They resonate feelings of stagnant, restraint and melancholy. The impossibility to grow and mature is thought that can be applied to both humans and non-humans.