Alexa Wright

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4 Digital photographic prints, each 59 x 80cm. 

 

Originally made as part of a project looking at the psycho-social effects of heart transplant, ‘Still Live’ explores themes of living and dying, proximity and distance, loss and rejuvenation, and the distinction between self and non-self. Drawing on imagery from 16-17th Century Dutch Vanitas paintings, these photos contemplate the transience of life and the certainty of death. They reflect on what it means to be alive, offering a universal reminder that everything is temporary. Vanitas and other symbolism is used to consider the moment and nature of “death,” whether being “alive” is dependent upon being a contained and “bounded” individual; what we mean when we consider ourselves to be “individuals”, and the inter-connectedness of human lives.