SUNGERMONE
HOMO ANIMALIS
EXHIBITION BY GALERIE NOIR
HOMO ANIMALIS BEGINS WITH A PARADOX: ALTHOUGH HUMANS REGARD THEMSELVES
AS RATIONAL BEINGS WHO HAVE BUILT CIVILIZED SOCIETIES,
THEIR BEHAVIORS OFTEN MIRROR THE SURVIVAL INSTINCTS FOUND IN THE WILD.
BY PORTRAYING HUMANS WITH ANIMAL FORMS, THE WORK REVERSES THE GAZE TYPICALLY
DIRECTED AT ANIMALS IN A ZOO, INVITING VIEWERS TO OBSERVE THEMSELVES
AS BIOLOGICAL BEINGS. THIS VISUAL SUBSTITUTION CHALLENGES THE IDEA OF
CIVILIZATION AS PURELY RATIONAL, REVEALING THE INSTINCTIVE DESIRES, COMPETITION,
AND POWER STRUCTURES THAT CONTINUE TO SHAPE HUMAN SOCIETY.
THE RESULT EVOKES A SENSE OF THE UNCANNY. AS THE SURFACE OF REASON, MORALITY,
AND CULTURE IS STRIPPED AWAY, VIEWERS ARE CONFRONTED WITH THE PRIMAL INSTINCTS
THAT STILL UNDERLIE HUMAN BEHAVIOR. IN DOING SO, HOMO ANIMALIS DOES NOT DEGRADE HUMANITY,
BUT INSTEAD CALLS FOR AN HONEST ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE INSTINCTS
THAT REMAIN BENEATH THE ILLUSION OF CIVILIZATION.
HOMO OVIS
MIXED MEDIA
2026
HOMO COLUMBA
MIXED MEDIAL
2026
HOMO POSCIS
MIXED MEDIA
2026
