Ancient Body - Modern World

In my series Ancient Body - Modern World, I have learned that my body and photography can go places that my mind could never imagine. I explore the premise that human existence came from a series of random events, and genetically developed by mistake, by parting from an accidental succession of steps (or errors) evolving from e.g. algae or amino acids.*

These mistakes paved the way for our bodies to form and become, and because our bodies are corporeal, we can relate to the physical world we live in. In a world quickly becoming virtual - I wish to celebrate and acknowledge physicality. Our body is the last bastion of existential being.

*The Oparin-Haldane hypothesis suggests that life arose gradually from inorganic molecules, with “building blocks” like amino acids forming first and then combining to make complex polymers.

*According to a study led by researchers Jochen Brocks and Amber Jarrett, the secret of the origin of life on Earth lies in an expansion of algae that occurred 650 million years ago.

Lisa Pram is part of »Guest Room: Simon Baker & Aden Vincendeau«.

Check out her Artist Feature Tener un Cuerpo (To Have a Body).