Mere Bellies

Mere Bellies

In Mere Bellies Christopher Corey Allen presents a series of videos and sculptures created to explore ways of re-contextualizing the body to understand one’s personal mythology, ritual, and the plurality in which these can exist.

Christopher’s diverse practice combines video and print media, sculpture, performance and
psaligraphy. Taking inspiration from subjects as varied as cinema, religion, mythology,
anthropology, and popular culture. Allen’s work explores ways of re-contextualizing the body to
understand one’s personal mythology, ritual, and the plurality in which these can exist.
In Mere Bellies Christopher Corey Allen presents a series of videos and sculptures created
during his time in residence at Hair and Nails. Christopher is interested in mythological and
contemporary archetypes that exhibit gender and form variability, complexify the masculine feminine
binary and disobey normal rules through unconventional behavior. And by utilizing
costume and video technique designed to de-contextualize parts of the body, he explores
representations of fixation, figurative appetite, repetition and bodily exploration.


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